Rocky Branch Fire
The Rocky Branch Fire was reported on March 20, 2024 in Page County, Virginia and burned 1,031 acres. It was declared out on April 8, 2024.
- Size
- 1,031 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 20, 2024
Map
Perimeter mapped May 2, 2024 at 1:00 PM EDT, 1,014 acres (mixed methods). Point of origin 38.696, -78.336.
The incident
- Size
- 1,031 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 20, 2024 at 2:10 PM EDT
- Contained
- April 3, 2024 at 9:14 AM EDT
- Declared out
- April 8, 2024 at 5:17 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 5 miles North East of Luray Virginia;
- County
- Page County
- State
- Virginia
- Nearest city reported
- Luray
- Protecting agency
- NPS
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Hardwood Litter
- Estimated cost to date
- $400,000
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2024-VASHP-240013
- IRWIN identifier
- FC3DB36C-9FB8-4C32-BC16-0F37DA9031F4
Growth
Mapped area at the last perimeter of each day, from March 22, 2024 (358 acres) to June 5, 2024 (1,014 acres). The largest one-day growth was 629 acres, mapped March 23, 2024.
| Day | Acres | Change |
|---|---|---|
| March 22, 2024 | 358 | |
| March 23, 2024 | 987 | +629 |
| March 24, 2024 | 1,019 | +32 |
| March 25, 2024 | 952 | -67 |
| March 26, 2024 | 1,030 | +78 |
| June 5, 2024 | 1,014 | -16 |
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Luray, VA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Luray, VA7 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Stanley, VA12 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Edinburg, VA15 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Woodstock, VA16 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Mount Jackson, VA17 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Front Royal, VA17 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 June 26, 2024 at 9:35 AM EDT. Identifier 2024-VASHP-240013.