In 2025, fire departments serving Citrus County responded to 1,740 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $387K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
May peaks. Aug dips.
7,902 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,160 | |
| 2022 | 1,528 | |
| 2023 | 1,850 | |
| 2024 | 1,624 | |
| 2025 | 1,740 |
For the 97 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Citrus County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 35% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $386,900 | FLORAL CITY | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $287,333 | HOMOSASSA | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $284,943 | DUNNELLON | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $280,149 | BEVERLY HILLS | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $262,792 | CRYSTAL RIVER | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | FLORAL CITY | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $199,860 | HOMOSASSA | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant |
| 8 | $188,599 | LECANTO | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $161,050 | CRYSTAL RIVER | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $161,050 | CRYSTAL RIVER | Authorized controlled burning | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 12017.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Homosassa Springs | 15,365 | View › |
| Citrus Springs | 11,074 | View › |
| Sugarmill Woods | 10,821 | View › |
| Pine Ridge | 10,269 | View › |
| Beverly Hills | 9,787 | View › |
| Hernando | 8,911 | View › |
| Citrus Hills | 8,599 | View › |
| Inverness Highlands South | 7,788 | View › |
| Inverness | 7,602 | View › |
| Lecanto | 6,938 | View › |
| Floral City | 4,830 | View › |
| Crystal River | 3,398 | View › |
13 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DOF Prarie Fire | 2011 | NPS | 68,028 |
| 2 | CP3 RX | 2021 | NPS | 66,918 |
| 3 | Buzzard | 2018 | NPS | 62,454 |
| 4 | Tarpon (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 52,542 |
| 5 | CP-2 Exotics (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 49,703 |
| 6 | EVER CP3 Exotics Rx | 2024 | NPS | 47,986 |
| 7 | ROG-South (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 47,619 |
| 8 | ROG-South/Southern Glades | 2020 | NPS | 43,751 |
| 9 | BICY Kirby Rx FY24 | 2024 | NPS | 39,765 |
| 10 | Mustang Corner | 2008 | NPS | 39,423 |
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.