In 2025, fire departments serving Halifax County responded to 328 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $350K property loss.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jun dips.
1,479 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 274 | |
| 2022 | 288 | |
| 2023 | 300 | |
| 2024 | 289 | |
| 2025 | 328 |
For the 63 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Halifax County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 78% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | SOUTH BOSTON | Fires in structures other than in a building | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | SCOTTSBURG | Fire, other | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | SCOTTSBURG | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $175,000 | HALIFAX | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | South Boston | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | South Boston | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Virgilina | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $98,000 | Virgilina | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $80,000 | SOUTH BOSTON | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant |
| 10 | $67,000 | Clover | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 51083.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| South Boston | 7,942 | View › |
| Mountain Road | 1,419 | View › |
| Halifax | 1,320 | View › |
| Riverdale | 1,046 | View › |
| Cluster Springs | 953 | View › |
| Clover | 563 | View › |
| Virgilina | 157 | View › |
| Scottsburg | 124 | View › |
| Nathalie | 70 | View › |
| Republican Grove | 0 | View › |
| Rip Rap | 0 | View › |
| Birch | 0 | View › |
11 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.