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2025 County Report

Fires in Gilmer County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Gilmer County responded to 0 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

2,280 residents FIPS 13123 32 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
0
953 across 5 years
Building fires
0
0 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Gilmer County

953 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 220
2022 240
2023 307
2024 186
2025 0
06 How Gilmer County compares

Gilmer County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Gilmer County
0
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Gilmer County
0
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Gilmer County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Gilmer County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 13123.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in GA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West Mims 2017 FWS 152,527
2 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Blackjack Island 2019 FWS 3,367
3 South Cut 2008 NPS 2,581
4 St. Catherines Island 2022 USFS 2,213
5 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Strange Island 2019 FWS 1,999
6 GAPDR-FY19-RX-6C/7S/8A/8B 2019 FWS 1,172
7 Barrow's Fire 2016 PRI 1,034
8 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Mitchell Island 2019 FWS 1,027
9 The Nicki Fire 2014 FWS 1,022
10 GAPDR-FY19-RX-27A/Stephens 2019 FWS 972

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.