In 2025, fire departments serving Stony Point responded to 38 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
289 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $600K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73 | — | |
| 2022 | 72 | -1.4% | |
| 2023 | 54 | -25.0% | |
| 2024 | 52 | -3.7% | |
| 2025 | 38 | -26.9% |
For the 8 building fires Stony Point departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 113 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 | Outside area, other | 26 | 23.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 16 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 8.8% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 6 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | Structural area, other | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 13 | 11.5% |
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 Stony Point mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 70 | 61.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 10 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Stony Point departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Stony Point sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 43,426 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 10,120 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,431 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 5,500 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 5,015 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | 2,579 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2,404 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Other causes | 2,005 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,450 | 35.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 800 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 737 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 730 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 675 | 45.4 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 | 28678 | 289 |
Six North Carolina cities with population within ±25% of Stony Point. 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.