Hurricane Fire

Perimeter mapped August 20, 2026 at 10:35 AM CDT, 16 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 30.630, -88.924.

Live radar at the fire Forecast for Latimer

Size

16 acres

Containment

Not reported

Discovered

August 19, 2026 at 3:11 PM CDT

Cause

Natural

County

Harrison County

State

Mississippi

Protecting agency

USFS

Jurisdiction

USFS

Land ownership at origin

USFS

Incident management

Type 5 Incident

Incident type

Wildfire

Unique fire identifier

2026-MSMNF-000546

IRWIN identifier

B708E6ED-032D-4CC1-B04A-AE4179F393BB

• Wind up to 5 mph from the south
• Relative humidity as low as 43%
• High of 96°F

National Weather Service hourly forecast for the fire’s point of origin, next 24 hours.

Full forecast for Latimer, MS

Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches covering the fire's point of origin.

No Red Flag Warning or Fire Weather Watch is in force at the fire.

NOAA’s Hazard Mapping System analysts drew medium smoke over the fire’s origin in satellite imagery today (Sun, 7:00 AM CDT to Sun, 10:00 AM CDT).

NOAA’s smoke model forecasts near-surface smoke at the origin peaking at 1.7 µg/m³ around Mon, 5:00 PM CDT over the next 48 hours.

Smoke and fire layers on the radar

• Latimer, MS7 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
• Saucier, MS13 miles west of the fire’s origin
• Saint Martin, MS14 miles south of the fire’s origin
• D'Iberville, MS14 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Gulf Hills, MS15 miles south of the fire’s origin
• Lyman, MS15 miles southwest of the fire’s origin