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2025 County Report

Fires in Hampton city, VA

In 2025, fire departments serving Hampton city responded to 1,081 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss.

137,217 residents FIPS 51650 16 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
1,081
5,319 across 5 years
Building fires
77
116 wildland
Property loss
$10.7M
$7.5M structure · $3.2M contents
Casualties
0 / 12
0 civ deaths · 8 civ inj · 4 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.

1,081
Total Incidents
Power line down 242 22.4%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 127 11.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 101 9.3%
Passenger vehicle fire 89 8.2%
Building fires 77 7.1%
All other categories 445 41.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Hampton city?

Jan peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 136
Feb 95
Mar 110
Apr 110
May 123
Jun 107
Jul 124
Aug 95
Sep 48
Oct 53
Nov 32
Dec 48
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Hampton city

5,319 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 912
2022 935
2023 1,106
2024 1,285
2025 1,081
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 77 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
61%
139
Cause undetermined
10%
24
Intentional / arson
4%
9
Equipment / heat source failure
18%
41
Under investigation
7%
15
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $5.3M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Hampton city during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 71% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $2,000,000 Hampton Building fires Major
2 $2,000,000 Hampton Building fires Major
3 $400,000 Hampton Building fires Major
4 $175,000 Hampton Building fires Significant
5 $150,000 Hampton Building fires Significant
6 $145,000 Hampton Building fires Significant
7 $125,000 Hampton Passenger vehicle fire Significant
8 $124,000 Hampton Building fires Significant
9 $100,000 Hampton Building fires Significant
10 $100,000 Hampton Building fires Significant
06 How Hampton city compares

Hampton city vs VA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.88
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Hampton city
7.88
VA avg
8.68
US avg
7.15
0.56
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Hampton city
0.56
VA avg
0.84
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Hampton city
0
VA avg
6.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Hampton city

12 cities mapped to FIPS 51650.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Hampton city

1 departments report from this county.

Hampton Division of Fire and R
HAMPTON
FDID 65000 1,075 incidents
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.