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Hercules

Amherst, VA · Undetermined

This fire is no longer active. It burned 1 acres in Amherst before dropping off the national incident feed.

0%Inactive

1

Acres Burned

93

Days Burning

Aug 9, 2026

Discovered

3w ago

Last Update

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Public Lands Nearby

12 public land units within 75 miles

James River Face Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / VA

3 mi

W

Thunder Ridge Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / VA

6.1 mi

SW

Rich Hole Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / VA

23.1 mi

NW

Priest Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / VA

23.6 mi

NE

Rough Mountain Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / VA

27.4 mi

NW

Saint Mary'S Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / VA

27.5 mi

NE

Three Ridges Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / VA

28.5 mi

NE

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest

Go

National Forest / VA

29.7 mi

N

Big Levels National Game Refuge

Go

NCA / VA

31 mi

NE

Booker T. Washington National Monument

Go

Monument / VA

38.3 mi

SW

Barbours Creek Wilderness

Go

Wilderness / VA

38.9 mi

W

George Washington National Forest

Go

National Forest / VA

41.7 mi

N

Situation Updates

Changes read from NIFC interagency perimeter data

Hercules mapped at 1 acres

Perimeter data
Aug 11

Interagency perimeter data shows the Hercules at 1 acres.

IRWIN

Timeline

Aug 9Now

93 days since discovery

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Data Sources

Fire data from NIFC Wildland Fire Interagency Geospatial Services (WFIGS) via IRWIN. Satellite hotspots from NASA FIRMS VIIRS. Situation updates are either posted by the incident management team on InciWeb or read by us from WFIGS perimeter data, and each one says which. Air quality data from EPA AirNow. Public lands boundaries from USGS PAD-US 4.0.

IRWIN ID: 18dbaff0-d5da-44d5-a7bd-e8a5883e9ed5

Important

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