Copeland Road Fire
The Copeland Road Fire was reported on April 16, 2026 in Suffolk County, Virginia and burned 100 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 100 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 16, 2026
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 36.690, -76.691.
The incident
- Size
- 100 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- April 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 9 Miles SW from Suffolk, VA
- County
- Suffolk County
- State
- Virginia
- Nearest city reported
- Suffolk
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- 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
- 2026-VAVAS-0026ER0048
- IRWIN identifier
- E938C5DD-8AF6-4B52-B4BB-BA2DB700FC69
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for South Suffolk, VA covers the area today.
Nearby
- South Suffolk, VA6 miles east of the fire’s origin
- Suffolk, VA6 miles northeast of the fire’s origin
- Windsor, VA9 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Franklin, VA13 miles west of the fire’s origin
- Carrollton, VA19 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Portsmouth Heights, VA20 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 April 17, 2026 at 11:10 AM EDT. Identifier 2026-VAVAS-0026ER0048.