Big Levels Fire
The Big Levels Fire was reported on December 2, 2024 in Augusta County, Virginia and burned 1,700 acres. It was declared out on January 5, 2025.
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 2, 2024
- Personnel
- 58
Map
Perimeter mapped January 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM EST, 1,284 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 37.957, -79.110.
The incident
- Size
- 1,700 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- December 2, 2024 at 9:31 AM EST
- Contained
- December 18, 2024 at 1:45 PM EST
- Controlled
- December 25, 2024 at 12:00 PM EST
- Declared out
- January 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Located 10 miles southeast of Staunton, VA
- County
- Augusta County
- State
- Virginia
- Nearest city reported
- Greenville, VA
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Personnel assigned
- 58
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $1,101,541
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-VAVAF-240140
- IRWIN identifier
- E41478CD-FDDE-4042-A2E7-9AAC011715C5
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from December 7, 2024 (381 acres) to December 13, 2024 (1,284 acres). The largest one-day growth was 1,584 acres, mapped December 8, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| December 7, 2024 | 381 | |
| December 8, 2024 | 1,965 | +1,584 |
| December 10, 2024 | 1,971 | +6 |
| December 11, 2024 | 1,627 | -344 |
| December 12, 2024 | 1,316 | -311 |
| December 13, 2024 | 1,284 | -32 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Greenville, VA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Greenville, VA4 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Stuarts Draft, VA7 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Lyndhurst, VA10 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Jolivue, VA11 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Fishersville, VA12 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Staunton, VA14 miles north 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 August 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM EDT. Identifier 2024-VAVAF-240140.