Poplar Creek Fire
The Poplar Creek Fire was reported on October 20, 2025 in Forrest County, Mississippi and burned 224 acres. It was declared out on October 28, 2025.
- Size
- 224 acres
- Contained
- Not reported
- Discovered
- October 20, 2025
Map
Perimeter mapped November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM CST, 224 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 31.116, -89.150.
The incident
- Size
- 224 acres
- Containment
- Not reported
- Discovered
- October 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM CDT
- Contained
- October 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM CDT
- Declared out
- October 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Forrest County
- State
- Mississippi
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- DOD
- Incident management
- Type 5 Incident
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-MSMNF-000405
- IRWIN identifier
- 3C0AAFB7-8355-456A-9EDA-3A44665574CD
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from October 31, 2025 (224 acres) to November 5, 2025 (224 acres).
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| October 31, 2025 | 224 | |
| November 5, 2025 | 224 | 0 |
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, MS9 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Purvis, MS15 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Hattiesburg, MS17 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Petal, MS17 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Wiggins, MS18 miles south of the fire’s origin
- West Hattiesburg, MS19 miles northwest 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 November 5, 2025 at 8:24 AM CST. Identifier 2025-MSMNF-000405.