Cove Mountain Fire
The Cove Mountain Fire was reported on March 20, 2024 in Hardy County, West Virginia and burned 155 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 155 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 20, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped January 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM EST, 155 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 38.863, -78.848.
The incident
- Size
- 155 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 20, 2024 at 2:09 AM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 15 miles west of Edinburg, VA
- County
- Hardy County
- State
- West Virginia
- Protecting agency
- USFS
- Jurisdiction
- USFS
- Land ownership at origin
- USFS
- Incident management
- Complex Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $47,130
- Part of
- North Zone Complex
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-VAVAF-240040
- IRWIN identifier
- C5DDD128-28DF-4EFC-9E83-4E4972DB5FC0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Basye, VA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Basye, VA5 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Mount Jackson, VA14 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Moorefield, WV15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Edinburg, VA15 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Timberville, VA16 miles south of the fire’s origin
- Petersburg, WV17 miles northwest 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 2:07 PM EST. Identifier 2024-VAVAF-240040.