Hancock - Texas Flat Rd/607 Fire
The Hancock - Texas Flat Rd/607 Fire was reported on February 24, 2026 in Hancock County, Mississippi and burned 540 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 540 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 24, 2026
- Personnel
- 13
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 30.447, -89.648.
The incident
- Size
- 540 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- February 24, 2026 at 1:15 PM CST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 6 Miles SE from Picayune, MS
- County
- Hancock County
- State
- Mississippi
- Nearest city reported
- Picayune
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $167,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MSMSS-016941
- IRWIN identifier
- 64E4A04C-7275-4182-BA0C-F53DE1D9E10A
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Nicholson, MS covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 26, 2026 at 6:12 PM CST. Identifier 2026-MSMSS-016941.