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308i

Forrest, MS · Human

An active fire at 0% containment. Conditions can change quickly. Check closures before traveling to nearby public lands.

0%Critical

2

Acres Burned

0

Days Burning

Oct 18, 2026

Discovered

5m ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

10 public land units within 75 miles

De Soto Purchase Unit

Check first

National Forest / MS

9.7 mi

N

Black Creek Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MS

9.9 mi

SE

De Soto National Forest

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National Forest / MS

13.2 mi

E

Red Creek Purchase Unit

Check first

National Forest / MS

22.6 mi

SE

Leaf Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MS

23.5 mi

E

Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MS

48.4 mi

SE

Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

50.4 mi

SW

Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MS

62.2 mi

SE

Gulf Islands Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / MS

64.7 mi

SE

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

67.7 mi

SW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

308I update: 2 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 18

Per interagency perimeter data, the 308I was remapped 3 acres lower to 2.

IRWIN

308I mapped at 5 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 18

Interagency perimeter data shows the 308I at 5 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 18Now

0 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: b0d89494-73bf-477d-9df9-f6094f90f5a5

Important

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