Burn severity · Mississippi 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Mississippi
Unburned to very low 10,794 23 1,396 299 0 12,511
Low 19 0 18 8 0 45
Moderate low 3 0 8 2 0 12
Moderate high 4 0 1 0 0 5
High 3 0 2 0 0 5
Assessed acres in Mississippi 10,822 23 1,425 309 0 12,579
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Mississippi Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Smoke Show Fire 500 4,896 4,875 14 7 0 0
Range 6 Fire 3,525 3,528 3,515 13 1 0 0
Merit Creek Fire 828 827 827 0 0 0 0
Kataja Fire 600 655 655 0 0 0 0
Janney Fire 319 320 312 8 0 0 0
Mill Creek Fire 312 300 299 0 0 0 0
Cha Jim Road Rx Fire 276 276 276 0 0 0 0
Vick Fy26 Rx Fire 225 224 224 0 0 0 0
Nova Fire 188 169 169 0 0 0 0
305 H Fire 315 165 164 1 0 0 0
Junebug Fire 134 135 135 0 0 0 0
Wolf Creek Rx Fire 118 118 118 0 0 0 0
Ballard Fire 110 108 108 1 0 0 0
East Lake Rx Fire 104 104 104 0 0 0 0
Nps Witchdance East Rx Fire 115 102 102 0 0 0 0
Glenn'S Cemetary Fire 1 100 100 0 0 0 0
Tucker Rx Fire 82 83 83 0 0 0 0
Widow Fire 78 78 77 0 0 0 0
First Fire 4 75 74 0 0 0 0
Harder Times Fire 67 68 68 0 0 0 0
Eulamay Fire 56 56 56 0 0 0 0
Triple T Fire 0 55 50 5 0 0 0
562 C Fire 26 34 34 0 0 0 0
Guis Davis Bayou Rx Fire 33 34 34 0 0 0 0
Hurricane Fire 16 16 8 0 1 2 4
Ester Mill Rd Fire 12 13 13 0 0 0 0
Natr Hq Unit Rx Fire 110 12 12 0 0 0 0
Workover Fire 7 9 9 0 0 0 0
Shady Pine Fire 1 7 2 1 1 2 1
Railroad Fire 5 6 6 0 0 0 0
Bunkley 1 Fire 1 2 0 0 2 0 0
Preserve Entry Fire 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Goose Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Lost Rabbit Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Gregory Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Smod Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
State Line Fire burned in from another state or province 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
(1)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Ice Box Fire 1 — Awaiting clear imagery
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 37 8,172
Offered to assessment 37 8,172
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 36 8,171
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 1 1
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Mississippi 0 0
Assessed acres in Mississippi 36 12,579
Assessed acres outside Mississippi — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 12,579
Burned in from another state or province 1 1

Generated 2026-10-01 23:03 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-10-01 23:03 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for MS. 30 m cells.