2026 Mississippi Wildfires
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All 2026 Mississippi Fires · 37 fires
A fire is listed here when it is located in Mississippi. 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 the border is listed with the acres that burned in Mississippi, not its whole reported size. A fire located elsewhere that burned into Mississippi is listed too, at its Mississippi acres, and is not added to the Mississippi fire counts.
| Fire | County | Start date | Containment | Status | Acres | Center | Ignition point |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range 6 Fire | Perry | Feb 20, 2026 | 90% | Inactive | 3,525 | 31.1008, -89.0733 | 31.0908, -89.0617 |
| Merit Creek Fire | Greene | Sep 23, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 828 | 31.0581, -88.8353 | 31.0486, -88.8375 |
| Kataja Fire | Perry | Feb 25, 2026 | 90% | Inactive | 600 | 31.1256, -89.0766 | 31.1242, -89.0786 |
| Smoke Show Fire | Perry | Apr 11, 2026 | — | Inactive | 500 | 31.1119, -89.1031 | 31.0924, -89.1170 |
| Janney Fire | Forrest | Apr 16, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 319 | 31.1073, -89.1628 | 31.1062, -89.1606 |
| 305 H Fire | Perry | Feb 20, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 315 | 31.1108, -89.0575 | 31.1082, -89.0601 |
| Mill Creek Fire | Forrest | Mar 4, 2026 | 90% | Inactive | 312 | 30.9415, -89.2433 | 30.9464, -89.2334 |
| Cha Jim Road Rx Fire | Neshoba | Feb 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 276 | 32.8235, -89.2798 | 32.8225, -89.2791 |
| Vick Fy26 Rx Fire | Warren | Feb 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 225 | 32.3522, -90.8520 | 32.3707, 0.0000 |
| Nova Fire | Forrest | Feb 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 188 | 30.9505, -89.2962 | 30.9600, -89.2892 |
| Junebug Fire | Wilkinson | Mar 27, 2026 | 100% | Inactive | 134 | 31.2599, -91.2234 | 31.2657, -91.2117 |
| Wolf Creek Rx Fire | Neshoba | Feb 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 118 | 32.7832, -89.1943 | 32.7828, -89.1935 |
| Nps Witchdance East Rx Fire | Chickasaw | Mar 18, 2026 | — | Inactive | 115 | 33.9427, -88.9258 | 33.9275, -88.9250 |
| Natr Hq Unit Rx Fire | Lee | Mar 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 110 | 34.3272, -88.7087 | 34.3275, -88.7089 |
| Ballard Fire | Choctaw | Mar 2, 2026 | — | Inactive | 110 | 33.4036, -89.2790 | 33.4458, -89.2346 |
| East Lake Rx Fire | Neshoba | Feb 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 104 | 32.7966, -89.2400 | 32.8068, -89.2466 |
| Tucker Rx Fire | Neshoba | Feb 19, 2026 | — | Inactive | 82 | 32.7315, -89.0543 | 32.7294, -89.0567 |
| Widow Fire | Jones | Aug 21, 2026 | — | Inactive | 78 | 31.5765, -89.0332 | 31.5740, -89.0317 |
| Harder Times Fire | Wilkinson | Mar 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 67 | 31.3088, -91.0941 | 31.3112, -91.0930 |
| Eulamay Fire | Perry | Feb 22, 2026 | — | Inactive | 56 | 31.0657, -89.1172 | 31.0659, -89.1149 |
| Guis Davis Bayou Rx Fire | Jackson | Feb 24, 2026 | — | Inactive | 33 | 30.3908, -88.7904 | 30.3919, -88.7897 |
| 562 C Fire | Scott | Mar 29, 2026 | — | Inactive | 26 | 32.2729, -89.5427 | 32.3015, -89.5265 |
| Hurricane Fire | Harrison | Aug 19, 2026 | — | Inactive | 16 | 30.6307, -88.9237 | 30.6331, -88.9175 |
| Ester Mill Rd Fire | Leake | Feb 27, 2026 | — | Inactive | 12 | 32.6341, -89.4613 | 32.6345, -89.4629 |
| Workover Fire | Franklin | Mar 2, 2026 | — | Inactive | 7 | 31.4590, -91.0246 | 31.4590, -91.0240 |
| Railroad Fire | Greene | Feb 14, 2026 | — | Inactive | 5 | 31.0082, -88.7925 | 31.0420, -88.8008 |
| First Fire | Tippah | Mar 4, 2026 | — | Inactive | 4 | 34.9220, -88.9900 | 34.9211, -88.9879 |
| Ice Box Fire | Forrest | Sep 29, 2026 | — | Active | 1 | 31.0327, -89.1784 | 31.0331, -89.1700 |
| Bunkley 1 Fire | Franklin | Jul 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 31.3735, -91.0368 | 31.6033, -90.7438 |
| Gregory Fire | Winston | Apr 23, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 33.1773, -88.9622 | 33.1772, -88.9621 |
| Shady Pine Fire | Jackson | Apr 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 30.4873, -88.8404 | 30.4868, -88.8394 |
| Glenn'S Cemetary Fire | Winston | Apr 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 33.2002, -88.8746 | 33.1998, -88.8800 |
| Lost Rabbit Fire | Madison | Mar 3, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 32.4506, -90.0699 | 32.4508, -90.0693 |
| Preserve Entry Fire | Jackson | Jan 20, 2026 | — | Inactive | 1 | 30.4728, -88.7170 | — |
| Smod Fire | Amite | Sep 1, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 31.3372, -90.8871 | 31.3370, -90.8860 |
| Triple T Fire | Franklin | Feb 28, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 31.3660, -90.9362 | 31.3668, -90.9328 |
| Goose Fire | Perry | Feb 15, 2026 | — | Inactive | 0 | 31.0058, -89.1035 | 31.0054, -89.1048 |
| Totals | 2026 Season Fires 37 | Active Fires 1 | Acres Burning 1 | 2026 Season Acres 8,172 |
Land cover · Mississippi 2026
Burned acres in Mississippi 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.
Forest ownership · Mississippi 2026
Burned forest acres in Mississippi 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.
Burn severity · Mississippi 2026
Burned acres in Mississippi for the 2026 season, split by how severely each cell of ground burned. Each figure counts the 30 m cells inside a fire's latest mapped perimeter, measured from satellite imagery. The Fires tab carries the reported season acreage.
Severity comes from the differenced normalized burn ratio (dNBR), the same index the federal burn severity programs publish, classified with the standard thresholds.
This is an initial assessment. Trees keep dying for months after a burn, so severity in forest reads conservative until the official assessments arrive after the season.