In 2025, fire departments serving Duck Hill responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
69 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $537K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 28 | — | |
| 2024 | 23 | -17.9% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -34.8% |
* Well below Duck Hill's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 7 building fires Duck Hill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 26 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 18 | 69.2% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - 5+ persons; including barrack/dormitory | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 3.8% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Duck Hill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 61.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Candle | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Lightning | 1 | 3.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Duck Hill departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Duck Hill sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,462 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,208 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 720 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 700 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 626 | 4.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 583 | 30.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 485 | 34.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 475 | 30.4 mi | |
| 1998 | Debris and open burning | 473 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 472 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 450 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 416 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 20.4 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 38925 | 69 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Duck Hill. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Duck Hill.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.