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2025 County Report

Fires in Barbour County, AL

In 2025, fire departments serving Barbour County responded to 31 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $50K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

17,354 residents FIPS 01005 34 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
31
427 across 5 years
Building fires
7
20 wildland
Property loss
$155K
$120K structure · $35K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 94% of all calls.

31
Total Incidents
Forest, woods or wildland fire 10 32.3%
Grass fire 8 25.8%
Building fires 7 22.6%
Passenger vehicle fire 3 9.7%
Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire 1 3.2%
All other categories 2 6.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Barbour County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 5
Feb 3
Mar 10
Apr 3
May 2
Jun 0
Jul 1
Aug 2
Sep 2
Oct 3
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Barbour County

427 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 11
2022 58
2023 256
2024 71
2025 31
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 7 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
25%
5
Cause undetermined
40%
8
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
20%
4
Under investigation
5%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
10%
2
05 The biggest fires

3 fires · $120K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Barbour County during 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $50,000 Louisville Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire Significant
2 $35,000 eufaula Passenger vehicle fire Significant
3 $35,000 Eufaula Building fires Significant
06 How Barbour County compares

Barbour County vs AL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

1.79
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Barbour County
1.79
AL avg
9.37
US avg
7.15
0.4
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Barbour County
0.4
AL avg
1.28
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Barbour County
0
AL avg
11.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Barbour County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 01005.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Barbour County

1 departments report from this county.

Clio VFD
CLIO
FDID 00603 0 incidents 15 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.