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Moffett

Forrest, MS · Undetermined

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

0%Critical

15

Acres Burned

0

Days Burning

Oct 26, 2026

Discovered

2h ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

12 public land units within 75 miles

Black Creek Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MS

8.1 mi

E

De Soto National Forest

Check first

National Forest / MS

14.1 mi

NE

De Soto Purchase Unit

Avoid

National Forest / MS

14.5 mi

N

Red Creek Purchase Unit

Check first

National Forest / MS

18.1 mi

SE

Leaf Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MS

22.9 mi

E

Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge

Check first

Wildlife Refuge / MS

44 mi

SE

Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge

Check first

Wildlife Refuge / LA

47.9 mi

SW

Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MS

58.4 mi

SE

Gulf Islands Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / MS

60.2 mi

SE

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

64.5 mi

SW

Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

73.8 mi

SW

Bayou Sauvage Urban National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

74.1 mi

SW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Moffett mapped at 15 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 26

Interagency perimeter data shows the Moffett at 15 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 26Now

0 days since discovery

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0%

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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: b4e69bb3-c2c3-4567-bd86-f0a10e6a29f8

Important

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