In 2025, fire departments serving Stonewall responded to 29 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
85 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $100K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | 18 | — | |
| 2024 | 29 | +61.1% | |
| 2025 | 29 | +0.0% |
* Well below Stonewall'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 8 building fires Stonewall departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 10 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 | 5 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Structural area, other | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 1 | 10.0% |
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 Stonewall mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 10.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Stonewall sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,059 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 4,212 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,858 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 823 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 801 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 800 | 27.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 682 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 533 | 46.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 450 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 400 | 24.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 365 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 350 | 34.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 345 | 40.6 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 | 39363 | 85 |
Six Mississippi cities with population within ±25% of Stonewall. 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.