Burn severity · Virginia 2026

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Acres by severity and land cover Forest Range (shrubland) Grassland Other Unclassified Acres in Virginia
Unburned to very low 106 0 16 3 0 125
Low 11 0 0 0 0 12
Moderate low 3 0 0 0 0 3
Moderate high 0 0 0 0 0 0
High 0 0 0 0 0 0
Assessed acres in Virginia 120 0 16 3 0 139
Severity by fire
Fire Reported acres Acres in Virginia Unburned to very low Low Moderate low Moderate high High
Taylor Hollow Fire 108 105 91 11 3 0 0
Malvern Hill Rx Fire 40 35 34 1 0 0 0
Maintenance Fire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fires awaiting assessment
(1)
Fire Reported acres Whole perimeter acres Reason
Switzer Lake Fire 0 — Smaller than one cell
Reconciliation
Line Fires Acres
Counted fires 4 148
Offered to assessment 4 148
Complex roll-up residue — 0
Fires with severity acres 3 148
Awaiting a perimeter 0 0
Awaiting assessment 0 0
Awaiting clear imagery 0 0
Assessment errors 0 0
Smaller than one cell 1 0
Every cell outside Virginia 0 0
Assessed acres in Virginia 3 139
Assessed acres outside Virginia — 0
Whole perimeter acres — 139
Burned in from another state or province 0 0

Generated 2026-09-20 19:45 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 2026-09-20 19:45 UTC. LANDFIRE LF2024_EVT for VA. 30 m cells.