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2025 County Report

Fires in Covington city, VA

In 2025, fire departments serving Covington city responded to 2 fire and hazmat incidents.

5,722 residents FIPS 51580 2 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
2
196 across 5 years
Building fires
1
0 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?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

2
Total Incidents
Building fires 1 50.0%
Fires in structures other than in a building 1 50.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Covington city?

Jun peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 1
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 1
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Covington city

196 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 34
2022 92
2023 62
2024 6
2025 2
06 How Covington city compares

Covington city vs VA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0.35
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Covington city
0.35
VA avg
8.68
US avg
7.15
0.17
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Covington city
0.17
VA avg
0.84
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Covington city
0
VA avg
6.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Covington city

2 cities mapped to FIPS 51580.

CityPopulation 
Covington 5,722 View ›
Parrish Court 0 View ›
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in VA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 PINNACLES 2000 NPS 18,055
2 Mount Pleasant 2016 USFS 11,210
3 Waterfall Mountain 2024 USFS 6,398
4 Waites Run 2024 USFS 6,223
5 OLD RAG 2000 NPS 6,127
6 BIG RUN 1986 NPS 4,696
7 FULTZ RUN 2002 NPS 4,194
8 Shop Run 1999 NPS 3,229
9 Raven Rock 2016 USFS 2,401
10 Tye River 2018 USFS 2,057

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.