2024 Virginia wildfires

2024 Virginia wildfires
2024 Virginia wildfires
Statistics
Total fires	411+
Total area	56,372 acres
Impacts
Structures destroyed	57 (including 29 houses)

The 2024 Virginia wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of Virginia. During the 2024 Spring wildfire season between February 15 to April 30, at least 411 wildfires burnt "nearly 20,000 acres", the largest area burned in the last 30 years in that time period, and nearly ten times as much as the 2023 Spring season with 2,174 acres. Factors that exacerbated wildfires in 2024 included "extended dry spells and persistent winds".^[1]

List of wildfires

The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), or produced significant structural damage or casualties.

Name	County	Acres	Start date	Containment date ontainmented date^[a]	Notes	Ref
211 West	Shenandoah and Page	6,399	March 20	March 27	Part of the 2024 North Area Complex with the Capon/Brush Run Fire, the Waites Run Fire, the Edith Gap/Serenity Ridge Fire, and the Cove Mountain Fire.	^[3]^[4]
Brushy Run	Rockingham	6,223	March 20	March 27	Part of the 2024 North Area Complex.	^[3]^[1]
Rocky Branch	Page	1,031	March 20	April 3	Estimated cost: $400,000	^[5]

Perimeters of 2024 Virginia wildfires (map data)

Notes

^ Containment means that fire crews have established and secured control lines around the fire's perimeter. These lines are artificial barriers, like trenches or cleared vegetation, designed to stop the fire's spread, or natural barriers like rivers. Containment reflects progress in managing the fire but does not necessarily mean the fire is starved of fuel, under control, or put out.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Leader, The Daily News. "Capon - Brushy Run Fire". The Daily News Leader. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
^ "What containment and other wildfire related terms mean". Los Angeles: KCAL-TV. September 12, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
^ ^a ^b "2024 Spruce Creek CO". InciWeb. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
^ "Wildfires burn 6,500 acres, Page County hit hardest". WMRA and WEMC. March 22, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
^ "Rocky Branch". USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

[3] Containment means that fire crews have established and secured control lines around the fire's perimeter. These lines are artificial barriers, like trenches or cleared vegetation, designed to stop the fire's spread, or natural barriers like rivers. Containment reflects progress in managing the fire but does not necessarily mean the fire is starved of fuel, under control, or put out.^[2]

[:1-1] Leader, The Daily News. "Capon - Brushy Run Fire". The Daily News Leader. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

[2] "What containment and other wildfire related terms mean". Los Angeles: KCAL-TV. September 12, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2025.

[:0-4] "2024 Spruce Creek CO". InciWeb. Retrieved May 30, 2024.

[5] "Wildfires burn 6,500 acres, Page County hit hardest". WMRA and WEMC. March 22, 2024. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

[6] "Rocky Branch". USA Today. Retrieved June 18, 2024.

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List of wildfires

See also

Notes

References