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Widow

Jones, MS · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 78 acres in Jones before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

78

Acres Burned

82

Days Burning

Aug 21, 2026

Discovered

2mo ago

Last Update

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Public Lands Nearby

6 public land units within 75 miles

De Soto Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / MS

28.7 mi

S

De Soto National Forest

Go

National Forest / MS

34.9 mi

S

Black Creek Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MS

41.3 mi

S

Leaf Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / MS

41.3 mi

S

Bienville National Forest

Go

National Forest / MS

54.8 mi

NW

Red Creek Purchase Unit

Go

National Forest / MS

56.7 mi

S

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Widow mapped at 78 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 21

Interagency perimeter data shows the Widow at 78 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 21Now

82 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: 57d0c6a5-70e0-42ec-8693-c8bf225ffcd5

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