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2025 County Report

Fires in Baker County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Baker County responded to 1 fire and hazmat incidents.

504 residents FIPS 13007 9 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
1
82 across 5 years
Building fires
1
0 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

1
Total Incidents
Building fires 1 100.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Baker County?

Aug peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 1
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Baker County

82 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 15
2022 31
2023 17
2024 18
2025 1
06 How Baker County compares

Baker County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

1.98
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Baker County
1.98
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
1.98
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Baker County
1.98
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Baker County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Baker County

9 cities mapped to FIPS 13007.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Baker County

2 departments report from this county.

ICHAUWAY VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
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FDID 00402 0 incidents 15 vol
Newton Baker Fire Rescue
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FDID 00403 0 incidents 23 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in GA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West Mims 2017 FWS 152,527
2 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Blackjack Island 2019 FWS 3,367
3 South Cut 2008 NPS 2,581
4 St. Catherines Island 2022 USFS 2,213
5 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Strange Island 2019 FWS 1,999
6 GAPDR-FY19-RX-6C/7S/8A/8B 2019 FWS 1,172
7 Barrow's Fire 2016 PRI 1,034
8 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Mitchell Island 2019 FWS 1,027
9 The Nicki Fire 2014 FWS 1,022
10 GAPDR-FY19-RX-27A/Stephens 2019 FWS 972

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.