In 2025, fire departments serving Mooreville responded to 36 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Prescribed fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 72% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
140 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $650K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | 34 | — | |
| 2023 | 19 | -44.1% | |
| 2024 | 46 | +142.1% | |
| 2025 | 36 | -21.7% |
* Well below Mooreville'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 2 building fires Mooreville 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 | 11 | 42.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 30.8% | |
| 3 | Interior stairway or ramp | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Escalator - exterior, interior | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 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 Mooreville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 61.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Match | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 3.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mooreville departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $2,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mooreville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 14,109 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,826 | 48.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Smoking | 1,620 | 10.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,344 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,005 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 1,000 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 608 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 537 | 43.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 459 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 453 | 31.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 425 | 45.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 28.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 382 | 34.0 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 | 38857 | 140 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Mooreville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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.