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2025 County Report

Fires in Butts County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Butts County responded to 58 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $10K property loss.

6,965 residents FIPS 13035 8 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
58
1,400 across 5 years
Building fires
4
12 wildland
Property loss
$21K
$11K structure · $11K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.

58
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 9 15.5%
Overheated motor 7 12.1%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 5 8.6%
Power line down 5 8.6%
Authorized controlled burning 5 8.6%
All other categories 27 46.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Butts County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 10
Feb 10
Mar 22
Apr 12
May 2
Jun 0
Jul 1
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 1
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Butts County

1,400 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 392
2022 428
2023 266
2024 256
2025 58
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 4 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

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

2 fires · $11K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Butts County during 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $10,000 Jackson Building fires Significant
2 $500 Jackson Cooking fire, confined to container Significant
06 How Butts County compares

Butts County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

8.33
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Butts County
8.33
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0.57
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Butts County
0.57
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Butts County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Butts County

8 cities mapped to FIPS 13035.

CityPopulation 
Jackson 5,497 View ›
Flovilla 1,165 View ›
Jenkinsburg 303 View ›
Fincherville 0 View ›
Sandy 0 View ›
Stark 0 View ›
Cork 0 View ›
Worthville 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Butts County

2 departments report from this county.

Jackson Fire Department
Jackson
FDID 01802 51 incidents 7 paid
Butts County FD
Jackson
FDID 01801 0 incidents 33 paid
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.