In 2025, fire departments serving Carroll County responded to 693 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.0M property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Aug peaks. May dips.
3,387 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 770 | |
| 2022 | 817 | |
| 2023 | 579 | |
| 2024 | 528 | |
| 2025 | 693 |
For the 126 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Carroll County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 87% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Bartlett | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $441,500 | BARTLETT | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $333,000 | Melvin Village | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $195,000 | BARTLETT | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
| 5 | $175,000 | Tamworth | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Wolfeboro | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Albany | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Mirror Lake | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $98,600 | West OssipeeMount | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $79,600 | Wolfeboro | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 33003.
19 departments report from this county.
Top 5 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Covered Bridge | 2016 | USFS | 329 |
| 2 | Moat K and L RX | 2023 | USFS | 76 |
| 3 | Dilly | 2017 | USFS | 72 |
| 4 | Moat Unit J RX | 2023 | USFS | 22 |
| 5 | Crooked River Causeway | 2019 | USFS | 11 |
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.