Historical Forest Fires In Virginia

Here are images and text from some of the forest fires that have occurred throught the state. The Virginia Department of Forestry (VDOF) is responsible for suppressing wildfires on public land.

Map of Bull Mountain. Fire occurred on 2006-04-19 (English; PDF format, 3MB)

Cardinal Mountain (May 2006); Marvin Fire (November, 2005; English, PDF format, 3MB)

Heard Mountain Fire - Albemarle County

Size: 1,100 acres

Hickory Run Fire - Page County

Size: 1,000 acres. Cause: Sparks from a chimney fire.

Helicopter working to the west of the 3 acre breakover. A 5 acre breakover from the night before can be seen just above the date stamp. The upper right corner of the photo shows the aftermath of the fire.

Smoke from the 3 acre breakover. The fire has consumed most of the vegetation in the upper right corner of the photo.

Nottoway/Lunenburg Fire

Fire burned 949 acres

October 25-27, 2001.

Fultz Run Fire Page County

Fire perimeter as of 2/26/2002 6:00 a.m.

To view a better topographic map of the area please go to topozone , then at the site at place name search type in fultz run and then select VA as state. Select Fultz Run Page County, select 1:25,000 scale and large map. The fire will be in the lower right corner of the map.

The following pictures were taken 2:00 p.m. on 2/28/02

Flare-up reaches the ridge line off of Chapman trail, looking from the north.

View of fires head (the fastest moving leading edge) near peak of Smith Mtn, looking from the west.

View of left flank from the rear of the fire, near the end of Steam Hollow Rd.

Close-up at fires head (the fastest moving leading edge), near peak of Smith Mtn. looking from the west.

Overall view of the fire looking from the west.

The fires size as of 2/28/02 1800hrs was estimated to be 1,748 acres. The final estimated size at containment will be 3,843 acres.

Last modified: Friday, 07-Mar-2008 16:00:06 EST