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2025 County Report

Fires in Claiborne County, MS

In 2025, fire departments serving Claiborne County responded to 74 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $55K property loss.

2,831 residents FIPS 28021 24 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
74
264 across 5 years
Building fires
23
9 wildland
Property loss
$252K
$205K structure · $47K 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 65% of all calls.

74
Total Incidents
Building fires 23 31.1%
Passenger vehicle fire 12 16.2%
Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence 5 6.8%
Grass fire 5 6.8%
Fires in structures other than in a building 3 4.1%
All other categories 26 35.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Claiborne County?

Sep peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 9
Feb 7
Mar 3
Apr 11
May 7
Jun 9
Jul 3
Aug 6
Sep 12
Oct 7
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Claiborne County

264 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 57
2022 23
2023 49
2024 61
2025 74
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 23 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
73%
36
Cause undetermined
16%
8
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
2%
1
Under investigation
8%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
05 The biggest fires

6 fires · $205K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Claiborne County during 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $55,000 Hermanville Passenger vehicle fire Significant
2 $50,000 Port Gibson Building fires Significant
3 $40,000 Port Gibson Building fires Significant
4 $40,000 Port Gibson Building fires Significant
5 $10,000 Pattison Building fires Significant
6 $10,000 Port Gibson Building fires Significant
06 How Claiborne County compares

Claiborne County vs MS vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

26.14
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Claiborne County
26.14
MS avg
16.75
US avg
7.15
8.12
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Claiborne County
8.12
MS avg
2.71
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Claiborne County
0
MS avg
22.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Claiborne County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 28021.

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.