A wildfire burns in the Turtle Mountain area of North Dakota on Sunday, May 4, 2025. Credit: AP/Wanda Parisien Seventy-five to 100 firefighters responded on Sunday, the busiest day, Parisien said.

Much of the state is in some level of drought, including a swath of western North Dakota in severe or extreme drought, according to a recent map by the U.S. Drought Monitor.