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Flock & ALPR Cameras in Buchanan, Virginia

Volunteers have reported 10 automated license plate readers in and around Buchanan — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.

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Reported cameras nearby

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of 307 Virginia cities tracked

0.3%

of Virginia’s reported cameras

Live camera map 10 reported cameras around Buchanan, Virginia

Every dot is a volunteer-reported license plate reader · map data curated by the DeFlock project · refreshed daily Open the full map →

Camera Watch Recently reported near Buchanan

No new reports near Buchanan in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 17:27 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.

Where the cameras are in Buchanan

The readers mapped around Buchanan break down as 10 Flock Safety. The first camera here was reported in Aug 2025; the most recent in Aug 2026.

I 81 — 6 readers
I 81;US 11 — 3 readers
Lee Highway — 1 reader

Buchanan in the Botetourt County picture

Botetourt County has 4 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,677 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 33,875 residents and 2,340 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 82.1% of counties nationally.

Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 10 traffic.

What’s watching Buchanan

These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Buchanan — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Buchanan (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.

The latest around Buchanan

8 new license plate readers reported around Buchanan, VA Camera Watch · 2 months ago

What you can do in Buchanan

Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.

Not sure what one looks like? See photographs of installed cameras before you go looking.

Cameras near Buchanan

Fincastle (1) Blue Ridge (2) Glasgow (5) Laymantown (2)

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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).