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2025 County Report

Fires in Carroll County, MS

In 2025, fire departments serving Carroll County responded to 60 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $58K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

1,955 residents FIPS 28015 20 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
60
138 across 5 years
Building fires
8
35 wildland
Property loss
$58K
$58K structure · $0 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 92% of all calls.

60
Total Incidents
Grass fire 21 35.0%
Passenger vehicle fire 12 20.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 11 18.3%
Building fires 8 13.3%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 3 5.0%
All other categories 5 8.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Carroll County?

Feb peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 7
Feb 14
Mar 6
Apr 5
May 2
Jun 2
Jul 0
Aug 1
Sep 14
Oct 9
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Carroll County

138 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 0
2022 0
2023 56
2024 22
2025 60
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 8 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
45%
26
Cause undetermined
16%
9
Intentional / arson
7%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
7
Under investigation
14%
8
Act of nature (lightning)
6%
4
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $58K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Carroll County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $58,000 Vaiden Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
06 How Carroll County compares

Carroll County vs MS vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

30.69
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Carroll County
30.69
MS avg
16.75
US avg
7.15
4.09
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Carroll County
4.09
MS avg
2.71
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Carroll County
0
MS avg
22.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Carroll County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 28015.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Carroll County

2 departments report from this county.

CarrolltonNorth Carrollton FD
NORTH CARROLLTON
FDID 08002 12 incidents 20 vol
Blackhawk VFD
COILA
FDID 08001 6 incidents 7 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in MS

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Toms Camp 2023 USFS 5,301
2 Grand Bature Fire 2016 PRI 4,247
3 Range 40 2022 USFS 3,836
4 Range 12 2022 USFS 2,753
5 Baldy North 2023 USFS 2,093
6 Range 45 Northeast 2023 USFS 1,823
7 Indian Creek 2023 USFS 1,771
8 County Line 2023 USFS 1,554
9 Carson Six 2024 USFS 1,346
10 Parces Rd 2024 USFS 1,158

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.