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2025 County Report

Fires in Autauga County, AL

In 2025, fire departments serving Autauga County responded to 331 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $100K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

45,242 residents FIPS 01001 31 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
331
1,523 across 5 years
Building fires
47
76 wildland
Property loss
$1.6M
$1.2M structure · $310K contents
Casualties
2 / 6
2 civ deaths · 5 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.

331
Total Incidents
Building fires 47 14.2%
Grass fire 42 12.7%
Passenger vehicle fire 27 8.2%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 27 8.2%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 21 6.3%
All other categories 167 50.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Autauga County?

Jan peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 47
Feb 38
Mar 43
Apr 30
May 21
Jun 21
Jul 21
Aug 22
Sep 27
Oct 22
Nov 24
Dec 15
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Autauga County

1,523 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 204
2022 362
2023 289
2024 337
2025 331
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 47 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
52%
62
Cause undetermined
13%
15
Intentional / arson
6%
7
Equipment / heat source failure
15%
18
Under investigation
8%
9
Act of nature (lightning)
6%
6
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $632K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Autauga County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 51% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $100,000 Prattville Building fires Significant
2 $90,000 Prattville Special outside fire, other Significant
3 $80,000 Prattville Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
4 $60,000 Prattville Building fires Significant
5 $51,630 Prattville Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
6 $50,000 Prattville Building fires Significant
7 $50,000 Prattville Building fires Significant
8 $50,000 Prattville Building fires Significant
9 $50,000 Prattville Building fires Significant
10 $50,000 Prattville Rail vehicle fire Significant
06 How Autauga County compares

Autauga County vs AL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.32
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Autauga County
7.32
AL avg
9.37
US avg
7.15
1.04
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Autauga County
1.04
AL avg
1.28
US avg
0.82
44.2
Civilian fire deaths per million
Autauga County
44.2
AL avg
11.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Autauga County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 01001.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Autauga County

2 departments report from this county.

Pentacost FD
Verbena
FDID 00407 4 incidents 15 vol
Argo VFD
Cordova
FDID 06425 0 incidents 21 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in AL

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 426 B 2019 USFS 2,671
2 Lake Chinnabee 2016 USFS 2,228
3 742 2019 USFS 1,787
4 Rd07-09 2006 NPS 1,467
5 Big Candle 2019 USFS 1,272
6 Half Way 2016 USFS 1,066
7 LRP NORTHEAST SOUTH RX 2023 NPS 1,026
8 Welcome Home 1 2016 USFS 1,008
9 Road 09-08 WF 2006 NPS 978
10 Caney Head 2016 USFS 932

About this data

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.