Pearl River Fire
The Pearl River Fire was reported on March 4, 2026 in Pearl River County, Mississippi and burned 140 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 140 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2026
- Personnel
- 2
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 30.711, -89.580.
The incident
- Size
- 140 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2026 at 2:30 PM CST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5 Miles NE from McNeil, MS
- County
- Pearl River County
- State
- Mississippi
- Protecting agency
- FC
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 2
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $28,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MSMSS-017268
- IRWIN identifier
- 619B3F7D-9D3E-4125-88AB-0877AAE85D16
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Carriere, MS covers the area today.
Nearby
- Carriere, MS8 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Poplarville, MS9 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Hide-A-Way Lake, MS11 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Picayune, MS14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Bogalusa, LA17 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Nicholson, MS18 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 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM CST. Identifier 2026-MSMSS-017268.