In 2025, fire departments serving Kingsland responded to 249 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $138K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
993 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.5M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 123 | — | |
| 2022 | 234 | +90.2% | |
| 2023 | 185 | -20.9% | |
| 2024 | 202 | +9.2% | |
| 2025 | 249 | +23.3% |
For the 40 building fires Kingsland departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 451 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 | 126 | 27.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 91 | 20.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 51 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 38 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 21 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 7 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 74 | 16.4% |
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 Kingsland mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 266 | 59.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 38 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 28 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 9 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 7 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 5 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 39 | 8.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Kingsland departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $137,802 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,900 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Kingsland sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,163,698 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Natural | 309,200 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 191,474 | 32.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 152,515 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 124,110 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 123,014 | 44.2 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 69,060 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 68,361 | 49.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 28,985 | 38.4 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 16,100 | 39.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 14,128 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 7,800 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 6,960 | 39.1 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Georgia cities with population within ±25% of Kingsland. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Kingsland.
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.