In 2025, fire departments serving Hanover County responded to 764 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.0M property loss.
Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 47% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Apr dips.
2,860 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 445 | |
| 2022 | 622 | |
| 2023 | 318 | |
| 2024 | 711 | |
| 2025 | 764 |
For the 56 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Hanover County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 81% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Rockville | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Rockville | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Rockville | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Rockville | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Major |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | Rockville | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Major |
| 6 | $1,000,000 | Rockville | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Major |
| 7 | $495,000 | Ashland | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $277,470 | Mechanicsville | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $159,000 | Mechanicsville | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $150,000 | Mechanicsville | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 51085.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Mechanicsville | 38,328 | View › |
| Ashland | 7,617 | View › |
| Hanover | 111 | View › |
| Cady | 0 | View › |
| Studley | 0 | View › |
| Pine Hill | 0 | View › |
| Spring Meadows | 0 | View › |
| Montpelier | 0 | View › |
| Beaties Mill | 0 | View › |
| Holliday | 0 | View › |
| Farrington | 0 | View › |
| Gouldin | 0 | View › |
1 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.