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Hancock - Texas Flat Road

Hancock, MS · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 410 acres in Hancock before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

410

Acres Burned

81

Days Burning

Aug 21, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Aug 23 / 480 acresSep 9 / 410 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / LA

12.8 mi

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Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / LA

20.2 mi

SW

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / LA

29.5 mi

SW

Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / LA

29.7 mi

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Red Creek Purchase Unit

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National Forest / MS

42.6 mi

NE

Black Creek Wilderness

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Wilderness / MS

50.2 mi

NE

Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MS

52.7 mi

E

De Soto Purchase Unit

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National Forest / MS

56.2 mi

NE

De Soto National Forest

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National Forest / MS

57.9 mi

NE

Gulf Islands Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / MS

60.9 mi

E

Breton National Wildlife Refuge.Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / LA

61.7 mi

SE

Breton National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / LA

61.7 mi

SE

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Hancock - Texas Flat Road update: 410 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 26

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hancock - Texas Flat Road containment moved from 90% to 100%.

IRWIN

Hancock - Texas Flat Road update: 410 acres, 90% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hancock - Texas Flat Road grew 2 acres to 410 and containment moved from 95% to 90%.

IRWIN

Hancock - Texas Flat Road update: 408 acres, 95% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hancock - Texas Flat Road containment moved from 80% to 95%.

IRWIN

Hancock - Texas Flat Road update: 408 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Per interagency perimeter data, the Hancock - Texas Flat Road was remapped 72 acres lower to 408.

IRWIN

Hancock - Texas Flat Road mapped at 480 acres, 80% contained

Perimeter data
Aug 23

Interagency perimeter data shows the Hancock - Texas Flat Road at 480 acres, 80% contained.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 21Now

81 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: ee578915-663e-4b59-a8c9-746e537595fb

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