Capon Fire
The Capon Fire was reported on March 20, 2024 in Rockingham County, Virginia and burned 2,368 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 2,368 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 20, 2024
- Personnel
- 63
Map
Perimeter mapped January 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM EST, 2,368 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 38.752, -78.921.
The incident
- Size
- 2,368 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 20, 2024 at 12:07 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Rockingham, Bergton, 16170 Bergton Road
- County
- Rockingham County
- State
- Virginia
- Nearest city reported
- Bergton
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 63
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $416,244
- Part of
- North Zone Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-VAVAS-240041
- IRWIN identifier
- EAAFE3E7-853C-4F9E-AD2E-4BABA879DBA7
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 23, 2024 (2,559 acres) to March 28, 2024 (2,368 acres). The largest one-day growth was 63 acres, mapped March 24, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 23, 2024 | 2,559 | |
| March 24, 2024 | 2,622 | +63 |
| March 25, 2024 | 2,622 | 0 |
| March 26, 2024 | 2,486 | -136 |
| March 27, 2024 | 2,422 | -64 |
| March 28, 2024 | 2,368 | -54 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Basye, VA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Basye, VA8 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Timberville, VA11 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Broadway, VA12 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Mount Jackson, VA15 miles east of the fire’s origin
- New Market, VA15 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Edinburg, VA20 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 January 15, 2025 at 10:47 AM EST. Identifier 2024-VAVAS-240041.