In 2025, fire departments serving Sherrill responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
82 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $34K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | — | |
| 2023 | 18 | +12.5% | |
| 2024 | 27 | +50.0% | |
| 2025 | 13 | -51.9% |
* Well below Sherrill'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 0 building fires Sherrill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 12 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 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 8.3% |
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 Sherrill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 8.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sherrill sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 748 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 18.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 65 | 11.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 47 | 46.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 45 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 39 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Smoking | 30 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 | 24.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 25 | 46.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 | 43.4 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 | 13461 | 82 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Sherrill. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Sherrill.
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.