Mate Creek Rd Fire
The Mate Creek Rd Fire was reported on March 4, 2025 in Mingo County, West Virginia and burned 132 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 132 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2025
- Personnel
- 6
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 37.626, -82.078.
The incident
- Size
- 132 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM EST
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- TO THE E OF NEWTOWN ALONG MATE CRK RD
- County
- Mingo County
- State
- West Virginia
- Nearest city reported
- Matewan
- Protecting agency
- DVF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 6
- Incident management
- Type 5 IC, Type 5 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $391
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2025-WVWVS-000109
- IRWIN identifier
- 5D2429F3-92DE-4732-8E4B-13E83CFDEBF0
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Red Jacket, WV covers the area today.
Nearby
- Red Jacket, WV4 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Gilbert Creek, WV11 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Williamson, WV11 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Mount Gay-Shamrock, WV15 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Mallory, WV15 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Logan, WV16 miles north 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 September 17, 2025 at 8:19 AM EDT. Identifier 2025-WVWVS-000109.