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Fires Near Richmond, VA

Live wildfire tracking around Richmond: every active fire within 300 miles with distance, size, containment, wind, smoke, and air quality, from official US sources.

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Air quality · Good

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Live risk assessment for Richmond, VA

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No significant wildfire threat near this location right now.

  • No active fires within 50 miles, no fire weather alerts, and clean air right now.
There are currently 21 active fires within 300 miles of Richmond, VA. None are inside Richmond city limits. The most significant is the HORRY - 7415 Spring Branch Road fire, 245 miles away at 15 acres, 100% contained. No firefighting aircraft have been active within 50 miles of Richmond, VA in the past 12 hours.
Air quality measured at the MATH & SCIENCE CTR monitor 2 miles away is good (AQI 36).

House pin: Richmond, VA. Bold outline: Richmond city limits. Dashed rings show distance from the city center. Red or amber shaded zones are active evacuation areas.

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Fires by distance

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This season vs the last decade

<1% of an average year
Burned so far in 20260 acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)46 acres

So far in 2026, 0 acres have burned within 25 miles of Richmond, <1% of the 46 acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Source: NIFC interagency incident reports, all agencies. Counts fires that started within 25 miles, at their full size.

Active fires near Richmond, VA

Every active fire within 300 miles, closest first.

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Latest updates on fires near Richmond

Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.

  1. Sumter - 3670 Settlement Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    1 hour ago · November 10, 2026

  2. Sumter - 3670 Settlement Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    1 hour ago · November 10, 2026

  3. Florence - 2434 North Old River Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    3 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  4. Florence - 2434 North Old River Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    3 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  5. Florence - 1546 Colin Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    9 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  6. Florence - 1546 Colin Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    9 hours ago · November 10, 2026

  7. Sumter - 5030 Borden Road Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    24 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  8. Sumter - 5030 Borden Road Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    24 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  9. Ash Lick Fork Fire · Containment rose to 100%

    24 hours ago · November 9, 2026

  10. Ash Lick Fork Fire · Fire reported 100% contained

    24 hours ago · November 9, 2026

Historic fires near Richmond

The largest wildfires on record within 100 miles.

Shenandoah Complex
2000
24,197 acres · 89 mi away
Mount Pleasant
2016
11,229 acres · 95 mi away
Rocky Mtn Fire 2016
2016
10,326 acres · 84 mi away
Lateral West
2011
6,377 acres · 84 mi away
South 1
2008
4,884 acres · 86 mi away
St. Mary's
2008
4,505 acres · 98 mi away

Wildfire history near you

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