Hogback Fire
The Hogback Fire was reported on April 30, 2021 in Rockbridge County, Virginia and burned 1,730 acres. It is 100 percent contained. The cause is listed as human.
- Size
- 1,730 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 30, 2021
- Personnel
- 21
Map
Perimeter mapped May 11, 2021 at 6:07 PM EDT (hand sketch). Point of origin 37.913, -79.452.
The incident
- Size
- 1,730 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 30, 2021 at 5:00 PM EDT
- Cause
- Human
- Location
- Off of Hwy 39 near Goshen Pass
- County
- Rockbridge County
- State
- Virginia
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Jurisdiction
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- State
- Personnel assigned
- 21
- Incident management
- Type 3 IC
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $7,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2021-VAVAS-2021WR0286
- IRWIN identifier
- 282B0245-9B06-4955-B108-321249875C5D
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for East Lexington, VA covers the area today.
Nearby
- East Lexington, VA8 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Lexington, VA9 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Buena Vista, VA13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Glasgow, VA19 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Clifton Forge, VA21 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Stuarts Draft, VA24 miles east of the fire’s origin
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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 May 10, 2021 at 4:12 PM EDT. Identifier 2021-VAVAS-2021WR0286.