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2025 County Report

Fires in Habersham County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Habersham County responded to 1 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

16,781 residents FIPS 13137 19 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
1
1,727 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
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

1
Total Incidents
Power line down 1 100.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Habersham County?

Jul peaks. Jan dips.

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

Year over year in Habersham County

1,727 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 343
2022 475
2023 431
2024 477
2025 1
06 How Habersham County compares

Habersham County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0.06
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Habersham County
0.06
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Habersham County
0
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Habersham County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Habersham County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 13137.

CityPopulation 
Cornelia 4,648 View ›
Baldwin 3,817 View ›
Raoul 2,529 View ›
Demorest 2,293 View ›
Clarkesville 1,885 View ›
Mount Airy 1,373 View ›
Tallulah Falls 236 View ›
Hollywood 0 View ›
Turnerville 0 View ›
New Switzerland 0 View ›
Aerial 0 View ›
Shorts Mill 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Habersham County

6 departments report from this county.

HABERSHAM COUNTY FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 06801 0 incidents 1 paid 80 vol
Cornelia Fire Department
Cornelia
FDID 06802 0 incidents 11 paid
DEMOREST VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 06804 0 incidents
Baldwincity of Fire Dept
BALDWIN
FDID 06808 0 incidents 6 paid 15 vol
CLARKESVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 06810 0 incidents
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.