Wind Advisoryuntil Sep 26, 3:00 PM
Wind Advisory issued September 26 at 3:17AM EDT until September 26 at 11:00AM EDT by NWS Wakefield VA
Inland Worcester; Maryland Beaches; Accomack; Northampton
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Virginia Wildfires: Live Fire Map
AQI 24Good air quality statewide
Current situation
Virginia
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
0
Dispatch reports (24h)
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NWS alerts
1
No active wildfires are currently reported in Virginia. Conditions can change quickly during fire season, so the live map above stays current if anything ignites.
The National Weather Service has 1 Wind Advisory in effect covering parts of the state. Air quality is good across all 26 monitoring stations in the state right now (typical AQI 24, peak 37).
No active fires in Virginia right now.
Bold outline: Virginia boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.
Evacuation status in Virginia
Virginia does not publish a live, zone-level evacuation feed yet, so we cannot confirm evacuation status here either way. During an active fire, check the official emergency links in the resources section below; that is where evacuation notices are posted first.
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Source: National Weather Service. Alerts open the official NWS record.
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Enter any US or Canadian address or town for an instant risk report: nearby fires, wind, smoke, air quality, and evacuation alerts.
This season vs the last decade
30% of an average yearBurned so far in 20263.5K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)12K acres
So far in 2026, 3.5K acres have burned in Virginia, 30% of the 12K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.
Active fires in Virginia
No active wildfires reported right now.
Wildfire history in Virginia
All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.
2016
Worst year · 32K acres
63
Fires / year · average
821
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
32K
16K
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Average acres burned by month · 2014–2025
4.0K
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March and April account for 53% of the acreage burned in Virginia in an average year, based on NIFC interagency records.
Fires recorded by year
Trend analysis
Over the last five years, Virginia averaged 14K acres burned and 80 fires per year. That is 111% up in acreage and 51% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.
Wildfire history near you
How close have major wildfires come to your home in Virginia? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.
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