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2025 County Report

Fires in Claiborne Parish, LA

In 2025, fire departments serving Claiborne Parish responded to 49 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $60K property loss.

5,574 residents FIPS 22027 27 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
49
316 across 5 years
Building fires
8
12 wildland
Property loss
$224K
$150K structure · $74K 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 67% of all calls.

49
Total Incidents
Building fires 8 16.3%
Fire, other 7 14.3%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 7 14.3%
Grass fire 6 12.2%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 5 10.2%
All other categories 16 32.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Claiborne Parish?

Jan peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 8
Feb 2
Mar 5
Apr 3
May 6
Jun 4
Jul 4
Aug 3
Sep 2
Oct 3
Nov 5
Dec 4
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Claiborne Parish

316 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 56
2022 60
2023 77
2024 74
2025 49
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
47%
9
Cause undetermined
16%
3
Intentional / arson
16%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
5%
1
Under investigation
11%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $150K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Claiborne Parish during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $60,000 Haynesville Building fires Significant
2 $50,000 Haynesville Building fires Significant
3 $10,000 Haynesville Fire, other Significant
4 $10,000 Midnen Fire, other Significant
5 $5,000 Haynesville Forest, woods or wildland fire Significant
6 $5,000 Homer Building fires Significant
7 $5,000 Midnen Building fires Significant
8 $3,000 Homer Building fires Significant
9 $1,000 Haynesville Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
10 $500 Homer Building fires Significant
06 How Claiborne Parish compares

Claiborne Parish vs LA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

8.79
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Claiborne Parish
8.79
LA avg
9.63
US avg
7.15
1.44
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Claiborne Parish
1.44
LA avg
1.29
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Claiborne Parish
0
LA avg
15.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Claiborne Parish

12 cities mapped to FIPS 22027.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Claiborne Parish

6 departments report from this county.

HAYNESVILLE VFD
Haynesville
FDID 14005 23 incidents 30 vol
HOMER VFD
—
FDID 14010 20 incidents
JUNCTION CITY VFD
—
FDID 14015 0 incidents
CLAIBORNE FIRE DIST 6 VFD
—
FDID 14020 0 incidents
CLAIBORNE FPD 5
Homer
FDID 14030 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in LA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Cinnamon Teal Fire 2014 FWS 11,235
2 Pintail Fire 2014 FWS 8,889
3 Sac a Lait 2019 FWS 7,445
4 Wilderness 1987 USFS 7,089
5 LEONARD FIRE 2013 FWS 6,396
6 Cottonmouth 2016 FWS 6,389
7 CICADA 2010 FWS 6,270
8 Threat 1 2016 PRI 5,370
9 Wrangler 2010 USFS 4,363
10 Anole 2016 FWS 3,563

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.