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2025 County Report

Fires in Camden County, NC

In 2025, fire departments serving Camden County responded to 4 fire and hazmat incidents.

1,587 residents FIPS 37029 12 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
4
13 across 5 years
Building fires
2
2 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.

4
Total Incidents
Building fires 2 50.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 2 50.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Camden County?

Oct peaks. Feb dips.

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

Year over year in Camden County

13 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 1
2022 3
2023 2
2024 3
2025 4
06 How Camden County compares

Camden County vs NC vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

2.52
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Camden County
2.52
NC avg
9.36
US avg
7.15
1.26
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Camden County
1.26
NC avg
1.35
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Camden County
0
NC avg
8.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Camden County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 37029.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NC

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 GREAT LAKES 2023 USFS 32,155
2 Whipping Creek Road 2016 PRI 15,456
3 COLLETT RIDGE 2023 USFS 5,506
4 St Mary's 2008 NPS 4,565
5 Carolina Bay 2009 USFS 2,659
6 Big Ditch 2021 FWS 1,486
7 HANCOCK CREEK 2022 USFS 1,177
8 BUCK MTN 2002 NPS 1,124
9 NCMCR-FY19-RX-1.1.2.b 2019 FWS 1,080
10 VAF220152 2022 NPS 1,079

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.