Brown Mountain Compression Fire
The Brown Mountain Compression Fire was reported on March 29, 2025 in Buchanan County, Virginia and burned 384 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 384 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2025
- Personnel
- 7
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 37.229, -81.838.
The incident
- Size
- 384 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2025 at 5:46 AM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- Whitewood Buchanan County
- County
- Buchanan County
- State
- Virginia
- Nearest city reported
- Whitewood
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 7
- 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
- 2025-VAVAS-25WR00463
- IRWIN identifier
- 8317B98E-BCFF-46D1-A4FF-DF6938BCF9B1
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for War, WV covers the area today.
Nearby
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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 March 30, 2025 at 6:19 PM EDT. Identifier 2025-VAVAS-25WR00463.