Mount Pleasant Fire
The Mount Pleasant Fire was reported on November 19, 2016 in Amherst County, Virginia and burned 11,229 acres. It was declared out on December 13, 2016.
- Size
- 11,229 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 19, 2016
- Personnel
- 15
Radar
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Radar mosaic and map layers from NOAA MRMS and NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Boundaries from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet.
Map
Perimeters are published for fires from 2020 on; the map shows this fire’s point of origin. Point of origin 37.723, -79.170.
The incident
- Size
- 11,229 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 19, 2016 at 5:11 PM EST
- Contained
- December 1, 2016 at 6:00 PM EST
- Controlled
- December 13, 2016 at 4:00 PM EST
- Declared out
- December 13, 2016 at 4:05 PM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- County
- Amherst County
- State
- Virginia
- Nearest city reported
- Pedlar
- Protecting agency
- FS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 15
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $3,000,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2016-VAVAF-160311
- IRWIN identifier
- 03F86CEC-721E-42E2-B279-5BD5965C3F71
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Buena Vista, VA covers the area today.
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Incident record from the National Interagency Fire Center’s Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS), as the incident’s managers report it; last updated February 21, 2024 at 9:48 AM EST. Identifier 2016-VAVAF-160311.