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West Virginia Wildfires: Live Fire Map

No active wildfires currently reported in West Virginia. NIFC/IRWIN data.

AQI 39Good air quality statewide

Current situation in West Virginia

Quiet
Large fires (1K+)
0
New fires (48h)
0
NWS alerts
0

No active wildfires are currently reported in West Virginia. Conditions can change quickly during fire season, so the live map above stays current if anything ignites. No fire weather alerts are in effect for the state right now. Air quality near the center of the state is good (AQI 39).

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No active fires in West Virginia right now.

Bold outline: West Virginia boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring states.

This season vs the last decade

43% of an average year
Burned so far in 20264.0K acres
10-year average (2016–2025, full year)9.3K acres

So far in 2026, 4.0K acres have burned in West Virginia, 43% of the 9.3K acres burned in an average full year from 2016 to 2025.

Active fires in West Virginia

No active wildfires reported right now.

Wildfire history in West Virginia

All reported wildfires since 2014, NIFC interagency records.

2024
Worst year · 45K acres
37
Fires / year · average
475
Total fires · since 2014
Human & property impact, 1999-2020
72
Structures destroyed
2
Lives lost
$2.9M
Reported cost

From 701 fires with federal ICS-209 reports. Source: ICS-209-PLUS (St. Denis et al.).

Acres burned by year
'15
'20
'25
'26
Fires recorded by year
43852014: 1 fires20142015: 39 fires2016: 64 fires20162017: 27 fires2018: 18 fires20182019: 17 fires2020: 10 fires20202021: 50 fires2022: 39 fires20222023: 45 fires2024: 85 fires20242025: 56 fires2026: 24 fires2026
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, West Virginia averaged 15K acres burned and 50 fires per year. That is 243% up in acreage and 76% up in fire count versus the 2014–2021 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Largest fires on record in West Virginia

  • Press Jarrell20114,444 acres
  • Stateline20002,700 acres
  • Head Of Elk Creek20012,600 acres
  • Mitchell Branch20012,000 acres
  • Bandytown20051,641 acres

Emergency resources for West 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

Nearby states

California (107)Oregon (92)Washington (39)Wyoming (28)Montana (27)Arizona (24)