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Fires Near Jackson, MS

Live wildfire tracking around Jackson: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

5
Fires within 100 mi
48 mi
Nearest fire
0
Weather alerts
44
Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Jackson, MS

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Fire activity exists in the wider area but poses no immediate threat to this location. Check back daily while fires remain active.

  • The nearest fire is 48 miles away.
There are currently 72 active fires within 300 miles of Jackson, MS, including 5 within 100 miles. None are inside Jackson city limits. The most significant is the Carroll- CR 62 fire, 81 miles away at 143 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Jackson, MS in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the Jackson NCORE monitor 2 miles away is good (AQI 44).
Early signal: satellite heat detected nearby. Satellites picked up 27 heat detections in the last 24 hours, the closest about 3 miles away, that do not match any officially reported fire. Detections like this are often the first public sign of a new ignition, though they can also be industrial heat or agricultural burning. Turn on the Satellite heat layer on the map below and check back over the next few hours.

House pin: Jackson, MS. Bold outline: Jackson city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

Evacuation status

Mississippi does not publish a live evacuation zone feed covering this location yet, so we cannot confirm zone-level status here either way. During an active fire, check the county emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.

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Fires by distance

City limits
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no fires
≤ 25 mi
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no fires
≤ 50 mi
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12 acres
≤ 100 mi
5
430 acres
≤ 200 mi
26
6,402 acres
≤ 300 mi
72
25K acres

This season vs the last decade

5% of an average year
Burned so far in 20263 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)61 acres

So far in 2026, 3 acres have burned within 25 miles of Jackson, 5% of the 61 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires near Jackson, MS

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Jackson

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

  1. Iron Lake Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    10 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  2. Carroll- Cr 62 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    11 hours ago · September 26, 2026

  3. Iron Lake Fire · Containment rose to 25%

    12 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  4. Gregg 8965 Fire · Containment rose to 90%

    15 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  5. Cass 8975 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  6. Cass 8975 Fire · Containment rose to 75%

    16 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  7. Gregg 8965 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    22 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  8. Gregg 8965 Fire · Containment rose to 50%

    22 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  9. Gregg 8952 Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    35 hours ago · September 25, 2026

  10. Gregg 8952 Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    35 hours ago · September 25, 2026

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