2026 Forrest County, Mississippi Wildfires

United StatesMississippi › Forrest County

0 Active Fires
0 Acres Burning
3 2026 Season Fires ▲ +3 vs same period last year
819 2026 Season Acres ▲ +819 vs same period last year

Newest wildfires in Forrest County

Apr 16 Started 319 acres 245 football fields Janney Fire
Mar 4 Started 312 acres 240 football fields Mill Creek Fire
Feb 21 Started 188 acres 145 football fields Nova Fire

Largest wildfires in Forrest County this season

319 Acres 245 football fields Janney Fire New Augusta
312 Acres 240 football fields Mill Creek Fire Wiggins
188 Acres 145 football fields Nova Fire Lumberton

All 2026 Forrest County Fires · 3 fires

A fire is listed here when it is located in Forrest County. Each complex is counted once, through its parent: the parent carries the complex's acres, and its member fires are listed beneath it without being counted again. A fire that crossed a county line is listed with the acres that burned in Forrest County, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Forrest County is listed too, at its Forrest County acres, and is not added to the Forrest County fire counts. County lines come from a different boundary dataset than state lines, so Forrest County's acres are counted along county lines and can differ a little at the edges from the figures on the state page.

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Fire Start date Containment Status Acres Center Ignition point
Janney Fire Apr 16, 2026 100% Inactive 319 31.1073, -89.1628 31.1062, -89.1606
Mill Creek Fire Mar 4, 2026 90% Inactive 312 30.9415, -89.2433 30.9464, -89.2334
Nova Fire Feb 21, 2026 Inactive 188 30.9505, -89.2962 30.9600, -89.2892
Totals 2026 Season Fires 3 Active Fires 0 Acres Burning 0 2026 Season Acres 819

Land cover · Forrest County 2026

Burned acres in Forrest County for the 2026 season, split by the kind of land that burned. Each figure counts the LANDFIRE 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.

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Acres by cover type Acres in Forrest County % of burned % of Forrest County
Forest 693 87.8% 71.5%
Range (shrubland) 1 0.2% 0.4%
Grassland 64 8.2% 14.8%
Other 30 3.8% 13.3%
Measured acres in Forrest County 789
Measured fires
Fire Reported acres Acres in Forrest County Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified
Janney Fire 319 320 235 1 64 20 0
Mill Creek Fire 312 300 289 0 0 11 0
Nova Fire 188 169 169 0 0 0 0
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 3 819
Offered to measurement 3 819
Complex roll-up residue 0
Fires with cells 3 819
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting measurement 0 0
Measurement errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Forrest County 0 0
Measured acres in Forrest County 3 789
Measured acres outside Forrest County 0
Whole perimeter acres 789
Reported minus measured 30
Burned in from another county 0 0

Forest ownership · Forrest County 2026

Burned forest acres in Forrest County for the 2026 season, split by who owns the land. Owners are mapped for forestland, so every figure here counts burned cells whose LANDFIRE lifeform is Tree. The Fires tab carries the season acreage this site reports.

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Burned forest by owner Forest acres in Forrest County % of burned forest % of Forrest County's forestland
Public 604 87.2% 32.9%
Federal 602 86.8% 25.1%
State 2 0.3% 3.2%
Local (county, city) 0 0.0% 4.6%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Tribal 0 0.0% 0.0%
Private 1 0.2% 67.1%
Family 0 0.0% 39.6%
Corporate 0 0.0% 6.5%
TIMO/REIT 1 0.2% 13.3%
Other private 0 0.0% 7.8%
Ownership not modeled 88 12.7%
Burned forest in Forrest County 693
Fires by owner
Fire Forest acres in Forrest County Federal State Local Tribal Private Not modeled
Mill Creek Fire 289 286 0 0 0 0 2
Janney Fire 235 150 0 0 0 0 85
Nova Fire 169 165 2 0 0 1 1

0 measured fires burned zero forest cells.

Reconciliation
Owner cells 3,115 693
Land cover Forest cells 3,115 693
Equal 3,115

Search Fires

🔥 Janney Fire 2026
Started: Apr 16 319 acre 100% contained
🔥 Mill Creek Fire 2026
Started: Mar 4 312 acre 90% contained
🔥 Nova Fire 2026
Started: Feb 21 188 acre