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Merit Creek

Greene, MS · Natural

This fire is no longer active. It burned 828 acres in Greene before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

828

Acres Burned

48

Days Burning

Sep 23, 2026

Discovered

1mo ago

Last Update

Growth

No growth in the last day, containment at 100%
Sep 23 / 1 acresSep 27 / 828 acres

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Public Lands Nearby

9 public land units within 75 miles

Leaf Wilderness

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Wilderness / MS

4.2 mi

SE

De Soto National Forest

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National Forest / MS

7.3 mi

W

Black Creek Wilderness

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Wilderness / MS

12.4 mi

SW

De Soto Purchase Unit

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National Forest / MS

22.4 mi

NW

Red Creek Purchase Unit

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National Forest / MS

22.5 mi

SW

Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MS

41.9 mi

S

Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / MS

50.5 mi

SE

Gulf Islands Wilderness Area

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Wilderness / MS

58.2 mi

S

Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge

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Wildlife Refuge / LA

67.1 mi

SW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Merit Creek update: 828 acres, 100% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 25

Per interagency perimeter data, the Merit Creek containment moved from 75% to 100%.

IRWIN

Merit Creek update: 828 acres, 75% contained

Perimeter data
Sep 24

Per interagency perimeter data, the Merit Creek grew 827 acres to 828.

IRWIN

Merit Creek mapped at 1 acres

Perimeter data
Sep 23

Interagency perimeter data shows the Merit Creek at 1 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Sep 23Now

48 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: bd597c0e-ea04-44b0-a750-97f9913fdedf

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