In 2025, fire departments serving Ascension Parish responded to 675 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $349K property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 47% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Nov dips.
4,448 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 862 | |
| 2022 | 678 | |
| 2023 | 1,240 | |
| 2024 | 993 | |
| 2025 | 675 |
For the 67 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Ascension Parish during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 61% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $349,000 | Prairieville | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Prairieville | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $261,300 | Gonzales | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Donaldsonville | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Prairieville | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Donaldsonville | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $145,000 | Geismar | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | GONZALES | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $100,000 | ST JAMES | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | ST JAMES | Outside equipment fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 22005.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Prairieville | 34,215 | View › |
| Gonzales | 12,356 | View › |
| Donaldsonville | 6,799 | View › |
| Sorrento | 1,919 | View › |
| Lemannville | 662 | View › |
| Darrow | 137 | View › |
| Southwood | 0 | View › |
| Weber City | 0 | View › |
| Hohen Solms | 0 | View › |
| Barmen | 0 | View › |
| Barton | 0 | View › |
| Noel | 0 | View › |
6 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cinnamon Teal Fire | 2014 | FWS | 11,235 |
| 2 | Pintail Fire | 2014 | FWS | 8,889 |
| 3 | Sac a Lait | 2019 | FWS | 7,445 |
| 4 | Wilderness | 1987 | USFS | 7,089 |
| 5 | LEONARD FIRE | 2013 | FWS | 6,396 |
| 6 | Cottonmouth | 2016 | FWS | 6,389 |
| 7 | CICADA | 2010 | FWS | 6,270 |
| 8 | Threat 1 | 2016 | PRI | 5,370 |
| 9 | Wrangler | 2010 | USFS | 4,363 |
| 10 | Anole | 2016 | FWS | 3,563 |
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.