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2025 County Report

Fires in Bullock County, AL

In 2025, fire departments serving Bullock County responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

3,848 residents FIPS 01011 31 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
30
241 across 5 years
Building fires
6
15 wildland
Property loss
$3.1M
$1.8M structure · $1.3M contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.

30
Total Incidents
Grass fire 11 36.7%
Building fires 6 20.0%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 2 6.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 2 6.7%
Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire 2 6.7%
All other categories 7 23.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Bullock County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 5
Feb 7
Mar 13
Apr 3
May 1
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 1
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Bullock County

241 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 42
2022 60
2023 42
2024 67
2025 30
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 6 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
43%
10
Cause undetermined
4%
1
Intentional / arson
9%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
4%
1
Under investigation
35%
8
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
1
05 The biggest fires

7 fires · $1.8M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Bullock County during 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $1,000,000 Union Springs Building fires Major
2 $550,000 Union Springs Building fires Major
3 $250,000 Union Springs Building fires Major
4 $20,000 Union Springs Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
5 $7,000 Union Springs Passenger vehicle fire Significant
6 $1,000 Union Springs Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire Significant
7 $1,000 Union Springs Fire in portable building, fixed location Significant
06 How Bullock County compares

Bullock County vs AL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.8
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Bullock County
7.8
AL avg
9.37
US avg
7.15
1.56
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Bullock County
1.56
AL avg
1.28
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Bullock County
0
AL avg
11.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Bullock County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 01011.

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.