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2025 County Report

Fires in Greene County, VA

In 2025, fire departments serving Greene County responded to 117 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $407K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

3,141 residents FIPS 51079 16 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
117
610 across 5 years
Building fires
27
15 wildland
Property loss
$2.6M
$2.3M structure · $378K 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 62% of all calls.

117
Total Incidents
Building fires 27 23.1%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 13 11.1%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 13 11.1%
Power line down 12 10.3%
Aircraft standby 8 6.8%
All other categories 44 37.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Greene County?

Oct peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 12
Feb 11
Mar 10
Apr 9
May 8
Jun 1
Jul 5
Aug 6
Sep 7
Oct 22
Nov 17
Dec 9
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Greene County

610 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 116
2022 132
2023 117
2024 128
2025 117
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 27 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
62%
13
Cause undetermined
14%
3
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
19%
4
Under investigation
5%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $2.2M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Greene County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $407,000 Stanardsville Building fires Major
2 $400,000 Stanardsville Building fires Major
3 $339,800 Standardsville Building fires Major
4 $300,000 STANARDSVILLE Building fires Major
5 $250,000 STANARDSVILLE Building fires Major
6 $200,000 Stanardsville Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire Significant
7 $200,000 Stanardsville Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
8 $100,000 DYKE Building fires Significant
9 $30,300 RUCKERSVILLE Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $20,000 Stanardsville Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire Significant
06 How Greene County compares

Greene County vs VA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

37.25
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Greene County
37.25
VA avg
8.68
US avg
7.15
8.6
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Greene County
8.6
VA avg
0.84
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Greene County
0
VA avg
6.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Greene County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 51079.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Greene County

3 departments report from this county.

Dyke Vol Fire Co Inc
Dyke
FDID 07903 48 incidents 25 vol
Ruckersville Vol Fire Co
—
FDID 07901 28 incidents 28 vol
Stanardsville Vol Fire Dept
Stanardsville
FDID 07902 19 incidents 16 vol
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.