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Range 42a

Forrest, MS · Undetermined

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

0%Critical

20

Acres Burned

0

Days Burning

Oct 7, 2026

Discovered

1h ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

10 public land units within 75 miles

De Soto Purchase Unit

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National Forest / MS

3.6 mi

N

De Soto National Forest

Check first

National Forest / MS

12.9 mi

E

Black Creek Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MS

13.4 mi

SE

Leaf Wilderness

Check first

Wilderness / MS

24 mi

E

Red Creek Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / MS

28 mi

S

Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MS

53.4 mi

SE

Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

55.3 mi

SW

Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MS

66.2 mi

SE

Gulf Islands Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / MS

69.9 mi

SE

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

73.2 mi

SW

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Range 42A mapped at 20 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 7

Interagency perimeter data shows the Range 42A at 20 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 7Now

0 days since discovery

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: 3d434171-7a30-44be-af16-1c26c3d520ca

Important

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