Burn severity · Virginia 2025

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Virginia
Unburned to very low 3,951 0 42 32 0 4,024
Low 238 0 65 0 0 303
Moderate low 142 0 37 0 0 179
Moderate high 65 0 8 0 0 73
High 5 0 0 0 0 5
Assessed acres in Virginia 4,401 0 152 32 0 4,584
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Virginia Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Bald Mountain Fire 4,374 4,378 3,818 303 179 73 5
Lignite Fire 180 179 179 0 0 0 0
Bear Den Mtn Fire 21 21 21 0 0 0 0
Spring Fed Fire 3 4 4 0 0 0 0
Belfair Fire 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
Ebenezer Fire 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
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Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Woodside Fire 385 386 Every cell outside Virginia
Blockhouse Point Fire 1 1 Every cell outside Virginia
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 8 4,965
Offered to assessment 8 4,965
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 6 4,579
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 0 0
Every cell outside Virginia 2 386
Assessed acres in Virginia 6 4,584
Assessed acres outside Virginia — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 4,584
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

Generated 2026-09-17 15:10 UTC. Severity appears for wildfires in the lower 48 states and the District of Columbia that have a mapped perimeter. Each fire is assessed again every few days while its post-fire imagery can still improve.

Sentinel-2 dNBR assessed through 2026-09-17 15:10 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for VA. 30 m cells.