Range 47b Fire

Active

Forrest County, Mississippi · Discovered October 24, 2026

800 acres
Size
100%
Contained
No growth
24h growth
8
Personnel

Source: NIFC/IRWIN (interagency) · Last upstream update 11 days ago · Perimeter mapped 11 days ago (NIFC WFIGS)

Current situation

Range 47b Fire

Fully contained
Wind
3 mph SE
Air quality · Moderate
AQI 58

The Range 47b Fire fire has burned 800 acres in Forrest County, Mississippi. Crews have fully contained the fire. It has shown no measurable growth in the last 24 hours. Wind at the fire is blowing 3 mph toward the SE, with gusts to 3 mph. Air quality near the fire is moderate (AQI 58). 8 personnel are assigned to the incident.

Range 47b Fire size over time

5 official size readings

Grew from 100 to 800 acres across these reports.

Acreage as reported by the official incident feed, recorded by Fire Nearby each time it changes. Hover or tap the chart for each reading.

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Incident timeline

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Containment rose to 100%

    11 days ago · October 30, 2026
  2. Grew 408 acres in 47 hours to 800 acres

    11 days ago · October 30, 2026
  3. Fire reported 100% contained

    11 days ago · October 30, 2026
  4. Mapped size revised down to 392 acres (from 636)

    13 days ago · October 28, 2026
  5. Grew 536 acres in about an hour to 636 acres

    17 days ago · October 24, 2026
  6. Fire first listed in official incident feeds at 100 acres

    17 days ago · October 24, 2026
Raw growth & containment readings
RecordedSizeContained
10/30/2026, 9:16:28 PM800 acres100%
10/28/2026, 9:54:43 PM392 acres50%
10/24/2026, 11:00:09 PM636 acres50%
10/24/2026, 10:40:15 PM636 acres-
10/24/2026, 9:15:11 PM100 acres-

Recorded by Fire Nearby each time upstream data changes.

About this data

Fire Nearby aggregates official incident data and shows exactly when each value was last updated. For evacuation decisions, always follow instructions from local emergency officials and check county emergency management channels.