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2025 County Report

Fires in Bibb County, AL

In 2025, fire departments serving Bibb County responded to 131 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $25K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

8,728 residents FIPS 01007 46 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
131
648 across 5 years
Building fires
24
52 wildland
Property loss
$198K
$98K structure · $100K contents
Casualties
0 / 2
0 civ deaths · 2 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.

131
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 28 21.4%
Building fires 24 18.3%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 9 6.9%
Grass fire 8 6.1%
Fire, other 7 5.3%
All other categories 55 42.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Bibb County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 15
Feb 10
Mar 28
Apr 13
May 7
Jun 2
Jul 23
Aug 8
Sep 8
Oct 9
Nov 3
Dec 5
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Bibb County

648 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 56
2022 157
2023 147
2024 157
2025 131
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 24 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
45%
35
Cause undetermined
25%
19
Intentional / arson
8%
6
Equipment / heat source failure
5%
4
Under investigation
13%
10
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
3
05 The biggest fires

9 fires · $98K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Bibb County during 2025. These 9 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $25,000 Lawley Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
2 $20,000 TuscaloosaCounty Passenger vehicle fire Significant
3 $15,000 Mc Calla Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
4 $10,000 Mc Calla Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $10,000 ENG Building fires Significant
6 $5,000 Mc Calla Building fires Significant
7 $5,000 Mc Calla Incinerator overload or malfunction, fire confined Significant
8 $5,000 Lawley Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
9 $3,000 Mc Calla Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
06 How Bibb County compares

Bibb County vs AL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

15.01
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Bibb County
15.01
AL avg
9.37
US avg
7.15
2.75
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Bibb County
2.75
AL avg
1.28
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Bibb County
0
AL avg
11.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Bibb County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 01007.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Bibb County

1 departments report from this county.

Greenpond VFD
Woodstock
FDID 00707 59 incidents 4 paid 31 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.