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Early Bird

Forrest, MS · Human

This fire is no longer active. It burned 889 acres in Forrest before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

889

Acres Burned

112

Days Burning

Jul 21, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

Growth

Grew 376 acres in the last day
Jul 22 / 200 acresOct 17 / 889 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Black Creek Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MS

12.1 mi

E

Red Creek Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / MS

17.5 mi

SE

De Soto Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / MS

18.3 mi

N

De Soto National Forest

Go

National Forest / MS

18.8 mi

NE

Leaf Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MS

26.8 mi

E

Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

43.1 mi

SW

Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MS

43.1 mi

SE

Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MS

58.6 mi

SE

Gulf Islands Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / MS

58.9 mi

SE

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

59.6 mi

SW

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

68.9 mi

SW

Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

69.2 mi

SW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Early Bird update: 513 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 7

Per interagency perimeter data, the Early Bird grew 100 acres to 513 and containment moved from 100% to 95%.

IRWIN

Early Bird update: 413 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Early Bird containment moved from 0% to 100%.

IRWIN

Early Bird update: 413 acres, 0% contained

Perimeter data
Jul 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Early Bird grew 213 acres to 413.

IRWIN

Early Bird mapped at 200 acres

Perimeter data
Jul 22

Interagency perimeter data shows the Early Bird at 200 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Jul 21Now

112 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: 0107b62a-b01c-4526-8b5d-33e5c127d0ce

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