Poplar Creek Fire
The Poplar Creek Fire was reported on November 5, 2024 in Buchanan County, Virginia and burned 1,400 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 1,400 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 5, 2024
- Personnel
- 22
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 37.300, -82.154.
The incident
- Size
- 1,400 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- November 5, 2024 at 4:19 AM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Buchanan, Harman Junction
- County
- Buchanan County
- State
- Virginia
- Nearest city reported
- Harman Junction
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 22
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $8,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-VAVAS-24WR00709
- IRWIN identifier
- 0F4DB9CC-8D4C-41F4-925E-E9C622B43342
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Grundy, VA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Grundy, VA3 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Clintwood, VA20 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Honaker, VA22 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Raven, VA22 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Pikeville, KY24 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Gilbert Creek, WV24 miles northeast 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 November 8, 2024 at 3:28 PM EST. Identifier 2024-VAVAS-24WR00709.