Range 39 Fire
The Range 39 Fire was reported on August 5, 2026 in Perry County, Mississippi and burned 2,517 acres. It was fully contained on August 8, 2026.
- Size
- 2,517 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2026
- Personnel
- 4
Map
Perimeter mapped August 8, 2026 at 5:46 PM CDT, 2,517 acres (auto-generated for inform). Point of origin 31.150, -89.142.
The incident
- Size
- 2,517 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- August 5, 2026 at 6:17 PM CDT
- Contained
- August 8, 2026 at 5:30 PM CDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 15 Miles SE from Hattiesburg, MS
- County
- Perry County
- State
- Mississippi
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 4
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Southern Rough
- Estimated cost to date
- $25,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-MSMNF-000528
- IRWIN identifier
- 3D99AC0E-B300-43B4-90E6-EFB4DCFA05F9
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, MS7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Hattiesburg, MS15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Petal, MS15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Purvis, MS16 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Glendale, MS18 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- West Hattiesburg, MS18 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 August 8, 2026 at 5:51 PM CDT. Identifier 2026-MSMNF-000528.