Range 40 Fire
The Range 40 Fire was reported on January 30, 2022 in Perry County, Mississippi and burned 3,837 acres. It was declared out on February 4, 2022. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 3,837 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- January 30, 2022
Map
Perimeter mapped March 14, 2023 at 10:13 AM CDT (hand sketch). Point of origin 31.157, -89.138.
The incident
- Size
- 3,837 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- January 30, 2022 at 1:56 PM CST
- Contained
- January 31, 2022 at 8:00 PM CST
- Controlled
- February 2, 2022 at 1:30 PM CST
- Declared out
- February 4, 2022 at 3:10 PM CST
- Cause
- Human, Firearms/Weapons, Military Ordinance
- County
- Perry County
- State
- Mississippi
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- FS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2022-MSMNF-000054
- IRWIN identifier
- B4881DF8-5370-4568-82CA-73EA2DA3A063
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for New Augusta, MS covers the area today.
Nearby
- New Augusta, MS7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hattiesburg, MS15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Petal, MS15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Purvis, MS16 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Glendale, MS17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Richton, MS18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated February 4, 2022 at 3:13 PM CST. Identifier 2022-MSMNF-000054.