Lamar Fire
The Lamar Fire was reported on March 2, 2025 in Lamar County, Mississippi and burned 231 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 231 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 2, 2025
- Personnel
- 4
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 31.090, -89.406.
The incident
- Size
- 231 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 2, 2025 at 8:00 AM CST
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Approx four mile ssouth of Purvis
- County
- Lamar County
- State
- Mississippi
- Nearest city reported
- Lumberton
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC, Type 3 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $46,200
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MSMSS-014412
- IRWIN identifier
- 7F473F05-95A2-41DF-B220-FB08B3A78372
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Purvis, MS covers the area today.
Nearby
- Purvis, MS4 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Lumberton, MS7 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- West Hattiesburg, MS16 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Arnold Line, MS17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Hattiesburg, MS18 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Poplarville, MS19 miles southwest 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 March 10, 2025 at 9:28 AM CDT. Identifier 2025-MSMSS-014412.