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South Tank Trail

Perry, MS · Human

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

0%Critical

1,000

Acres Burned

0

Days Burning

Oct 28, 2026

Discovered

5h ago

Last Update

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Threatened Public Lands

10 public land units within 75 miles

De Soto National Forest

Avoid

National Forest / MS

8.3 mi

E

De Soto Purchase Unit

Avoid

National Forest / MS

8.3 mi

NW

Black Creek Wilderness

Avoid

Wilderness / MS

8.6 mi

SE

Leaf Wilderness

Avoid

Wilderness / MS

19.3 mi

E

Red Creek Purchase Unit

Avoid

National Forest / MS

23.8 mi

S

Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife Refuge

Check first

Wildlife Refuge / MS

48.8 mi

SE

Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / LA

56 mi

SW

Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Go

Wildlife Refuge / MS

61.3 mi

SE

Gulf Islands Wilderness Area

Go

Wilderness / MS

65.3 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

South Tank Trail update: 1,000 acres

Perimeter data
Oct 29

Per interagency perimeter data, the South Tank Trail grew 1,000 acres to 1,000.

IRWIN

Timeline

Oct 28Now

0 days since discovery

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0%

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: c8bc1856-7b06-48d8-a897-1a6e367de559

Important

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