In 2025, fire departments serving Woodville responded to 10 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 90% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
69 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $185K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | 19 | +26.7% | |
| 2024 | 21 | +10.5% | |
| 2025 | 10 | -52.4% |
* Well below Woodville'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 3 building fires Woodville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 22 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 | 8 | 36.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 5 | 22.7% | |
| 3 | Other | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 4.5% |
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 Woodville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 54.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 6 | 27.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Match | 2 | 9.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 24,347 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2,836 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2,083 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 40.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 41.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,636 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1,448 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,167 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1,010 | 28.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 900 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 856 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 833 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 787 | 46.8 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Woodville. 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.