New Ground Fire
The New Ground Fire was reported on March 29, 2026 in Lee County, Virginia and burned 225 acres. It is 100 percent contained.
- Size
- 225 acres
- Contained
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2026
- Personnel
- 13
Map
No perimeter has been mapped for this fire; the map shows its point of origin. Point of origin 36.617, -82.995.
The incident
- Size
- 225 acres
- Containment
- 100%
- Discovered
- March 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM EDT
- Cause
- Undetermined
- Location
- 4 Miles E from Blackwater, VA
- County
- Lee County
- State
- Virginia
- Nearest city reported
- Blackwater
- Protecting agency
- DOF
- Land ownership at origin
- Private
- Personnel assigned
- 13
- Incident management
- Type 4 IC, Type 4 Incident
- Primary fuel
- Timber (Litter and Understory)
- Estimated cost to date
- $4,500
- Incident type
- Wildfire
- Unique fire identifier
- 2026-VAVAS-26WR00354
- IRWIN identifier
- 0B586626-C80D-4F95-93FE-EDA944885440
Weather in the area
This fire is no longer listed as current. The forecast for Jonesville, VA covers the area today.
Nearby
- Jonesville, VA8 miles northwest of the fire’s origin
- Pennington Gap, VA10 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Dryden, VA11 miles north of the fire’s origin
- Surgoinsville, TN13 miles southeast of the fire’s origin
- Sneedville, TN14 miles southwest of the fire’s origin
- Rogersville, TN15 miles south 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 March 30, 2026 at 3:36 PM EDT. Identifier 2026-VAVAS-26WR00354.