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Virginia Wildfires: Live Fire Map

1 active wildfire burning 0.8 acres in Virginia right now. NIFC/IRWIN data.

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Active fires
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Acres
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Under 50% contained
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Air quality · Good

Current situation in Virginia

Normal activity
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
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NWS alerts
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Virginia currently has 1 active wildfire burning a combined 1 acres. The biggest is the Hercules fire in Amherst County at 1 acres. One new fire has been discovered in the past 48 hours. No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 47).

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Bold outline: Virginia boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

This season vs the last decade

27% of an average year
Burned so far in 20263.2K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)12K acres

So far in 2026, 3.2K acres have burned in Virginia, 27% of the 12K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in Virginia

Wildfire history in Virginia

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2016
Worst year · 32K acres
63
Fires / year · average
818
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
87
Structures destroyed
3
Lives lost
$62.4M
Reported cost

From 317 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
'15
'20
'25
'26
Fires recorded by year
561122014: 14 fires20142015: 61 fires2016: 101 fires20162017: 58 fires2018: 54 fires20182019: 30 fires2020: 58 fires20202021: 47 fires2022: 70 fires20222023: 91 fires2024: 112 fires20242025: 76 fires2026: 46 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Virginia averaged 14K acres burned and 79 fires per year. That is 110% up in acreage and 49% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Largest fires on record in Virginia

  • Easter Complex201235,821 acres
  • Shenandoah Complex20003 structures destroyed24,197 acres
  • Mount Pleasant201611,229 acres
  • Rocky Mtn Fire 2016201610,326 acres
  • Lateral West20116,377 acres

Emergency resources for Virginia

Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.

Red Cross open shelter mapSheltersLive map of currently open emergency shelters nationwide.redcross.orgInciWeb incident informationEvacuationsOfficial updates, closures, and evacuation notices for federal wildfires.inciweb.wildfire.govDisasterAssistance.govFire infoFEMA assistance programs if you are affected by a declared disaster.disasterassistance.govState emergency management directoryAlertsUSA.gov directory of every state emergency management agency.usa.gov

Fires near a city in Virginia

Richmond

Nearby states

California (107)Oregon (92)Washington (39)Wyoming (28)Montana (27)Arizona (24)