In 2025, fire departments serving Morganza responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Trash or rubbish fire, contained lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
41 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $60K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022* | 1 | — | |
| 2023 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | 18 | +260.0% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -16.7% |
* Well below Morganza'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 1 building fires Morganza departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 17 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 5.9% |
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 Morganza mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 4 | 23.5% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 5.9% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Morganza sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 11,552 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 4,110 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,295 | 33.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 570 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 491 | 48.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 453 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 408 | 44.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 368 | 40.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 360 | 43.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 260 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 230 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 230 | 22.4 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 Louisiana cities with population within ±25% of Morganza. 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.