West Virginia Wildfire Map & Tracker
7 active fires · Updated 1d ago7 active fires
2,617 acres burned
Largest: Old House Branch Fire
Active Wildfires in West Virginia
Old House Branch FireMingo, WV · 1,000 acres
CONTAINEDSlate Branch FireMingo, WV · 500 acres
CONTAINEDUpper Trace Branch FireMcDowell, WV · 348 acres
CONTAINEDLow Gap Hollow FireWayne, WV · 308 acres
CONTAINEDCooper / Beall North Rx FirePlanned · Tucker, WV · 200 acres
PLANNEDLittle Slate Creek FireMcDowell, WV · 152 acres
CONTAINEDCabin Creek Red Warrior FireKanawha, WV · 109 acres
CONTAINEDAbout West Virginia Wildfire Season
West Virginia's fire season is legally defined with broader windows than its neighbor Virginia, spring from March 1 to May 31 and fall from October 1 to December 31. Appalachian hardwood forest covers the state more heavily than almost anywhere else in the country, and most fires here burn along the surface through litter and small brush rather than crowning through the canopy except in extreme conditions. Fires cluster disproportionately in the southern coalfield counties, where a pattern of absentee land ownership correlates with a higher arson rate than the rest of the state, a distinctly regional and ownership driven pattern rather than a purely climate driven one. A historic 1950 event, with 65 mile per hour winds producing nearly two hundred fires in a single county in eight hours, still anchors how the state thinks about its worst case scenario.West Virginia Fire Map Today
- Wildfire incident markers. Every active fire in West Virginia is shown with a colored marker. Red means active, yellow means mostly contained, and gray means fully contained or no longer being tracked.
- Incident details and updates. Tap any fire below to see its size, containment percentage, recent updates, and nearby air quality on its own page.
- Automatic updates. This page pulls directly from official incident data and refreshes automatically as conditions change. It is not a live, real time map, and fast moving fires can outpace how often this page updates.
- Full app map. Open the full interactive map to search, explore fires nationwide, and save locations to track over time.