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No active wildfires currently reported in Mississippi. NIFC/IRWIN data.
No active wildfires are currently reported in Mississippi. Conditions can change quickly during fire season, so the live map above stays current if anything ignites. The National Weather Service has 6 active fire, wind, or heat alerts covering parts of the state. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 50).
Bold outline: Mississippi boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Heat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:25PM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Marshall; Benton; Tippah; Alcorn; Tishomingo; Prentiss; Lafayette; Union; Pontotoc; Lee; Itawamba; Yalobusha; Calhoun; Chickasaw; Monroe; McNairy; Hardin
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:25PM CDT until August 11 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Tunica; Tate; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:25PM CDT until August 14 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Memphis TN
Clay; Greene; Craighead; Poinsett; Mississippi; Cross; Crittenden; St. Francis; Lee; Phillips; Dunklin; Pemiscot; DeSoto; Tunica; Tate; Coahoma; Quitman; Panola…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:16PM CDT until August 11 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Ashley; Chicot; Morehouse; West Carroll; East Carroll; Richland; Madison; Franklin; Catahoula; Tensas; Concordia; Bolivar; Sunflower; Leflore; Washington; Humph…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:16PM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Ashley; Chicot; Morehouse; West Carroll; East Carroll; Richland; Madison; Franklin; Catahoula; Tensas; Concordia; Bolivar; Sunflower; Leflore; Washington; Humph…
Read full alert at weather.govHeat Advisory issued August 11 at 12:16PM CDT until August 12 at 8:00PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Grenada; Carroll; Montgomery; Webster; Clay; Lowndes; Choctaw; Oktibbeha; Attala; Winston; Noxubee; Leake; Neshoba; Kemper; Rankin; Scott; Newton; Lauderdale; S…
Read full alert at weather.govSource: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.
So far in 2026, 41K acres have burned in Mississippi, 165% of the 25K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
No active wildfires reported right now.
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
From 1,351 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).
Over the last five years, Mississippi averaged 40K acres burned and 324 fires per year. That is 189% up in acreage and 85% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.
Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.