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2025 County Report

Fires in Cleburne County, AL

In 2025, fire departments serving Cleburne County responded to 195 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

5,245 residents FIPS 01029 25 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
195
968 across 5 years
Building fires
5
66 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.

195
Total Incidents
Hazardous condition, other 43 22.1%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 27 13.8%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 18 9.2%
Grass fire 16 8.2%
Aircraft standby 12 6.2%
All other categories 79 40.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Cleburne County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 19
Feb 24
Mar 43
Apr 13
May 22
Jun 12
Jul 9
Aug 11
Sep 10
Oct 13
Nov 13
Dec 6
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Cleburne County

968 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 170
2022 199
2023 210
2024 194
2025 195
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 5 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
37%
31
Cause undetermined
7%
6
Intentional / arson
28%
23
Equipment / heat source failure
11%
9
Under investigation
11%
9
Act of nature (lightning)
6%
5
06 How Cleburne County compares

Cleburne County vs AL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

37.18
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Cleburne County
37.18
AL avg
9.37
US avg
7.15
0.95
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Cleburne County
0.95
AL avg
1.28
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Cleburne County
0
AL avg
11.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Cleburne County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 01029.

CityPopulation 
Heflin 3,440 View ›
Hollis Crossroads 607 View ›
Ranburne 547 View ›
Fruithurst 426 View ›
Edwardsville 225 View ›
Hopewell 0 View ›
Borden Springs 0 View ›
Piney Woods 0 View ›
Micaville 0 View ›
Ai 0 View ›
Lebanon 0 View ›
Muscadine 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Cleburne County

2 departments report from this county.

Ranburne Rescue Squad VFD
Ranburne
FDID 01802 0 incidents 25 vol
BORDEN SPRINGS VFD
Piedmont
FDID 01807 0 incidents 22 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in AL

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 426 B 2019 USFS 2,671
2 Lake Chinnabee 2016 USFS 2,228
3 742 2019 USFS 1,787
4 Rd07-09 2006 NPS 1,467
5 Big Candle 2019 USFS 1,272
6 Half Way 2016 USFS 1,066
7 LRP NORTHEAST SOUTH RX 2023 NPS 1,026
8 Welcome Home 1 2016 USFS 1,008
9 Road 09-08 WF 2006 NPS 978
10 Caney Head 2016 USFS 932

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.