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Conehatta Fire

Newton County, MS · Undetermined

The Conehatta Fire in Newton County, Mississippi burned 35 acres and is no longer active. It was found Sep 28, 2026.

This fire is no longer active. It burned 35 acres in Newton before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

35

Acres Burned

45

Days Burning

Sep 28, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 0%
Sep 28 / 1 acresOct 6 / 35 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

3 public land units within 75 miles

Bienville National Forest

Go

National Forest / MS

20.1 mi

SW

Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MS

61.2 mi

NE

Hillside National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MS

71.4 mi

NW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

489 Conehatta update: 35 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 28

Per interagency perimeter data, the 489 Conehatta grew 34 acres to 35.

IRWIN

HWY 489 mapped at 1 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 28

Interagency perimeter data shows the HWY 489 at 1 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 28Now

45 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: 2015d420-688e-4ea9-a41c-2776a7554a53

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