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2025 County Report

Fires in Hertford County, NC

In 2025, fire departments serving Hertford County responded to 0 fire and hazmat incidents.

8,804 residents FIPS 37091 28 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
0
245 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
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Hertford County

245 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 4
2022 0
2023 188
2024 53
2025 0
06 How Hertford County compares

Hertford County vs NC vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Hertford County
0
NC avg
9.36
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Hertford County
0
NC avg
1.35
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Hertford County
0
NC avg
8.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Hertford County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 37091.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Hertford County

3 departments report from this county.

HENDERSON FD
HENDERSON
FDID 09104 0 incidents 35 paid 5 vol
VANCE COUNTY FD
HENDERSON
FDID 09107 0 incidents 23 paid 6 vol
Cokesbury Volunteer Fire Depar
Henderson
FDID 09108 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NC

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 GREAT LAKES 2023 USFS 32,155
2 Whipping Creek Road 2016 PRI 15,456
3 COLLETT RIDGE 2023 USFS 5,506
4 St Mary's 2008 NPS 4,565
5 Carolina Bay 2009 USFS 2,659
6 Big Ditch 2021 FWS 1,486
7 HANCOCK CREEK 2022 USFS 1,177
8 BUCK MTN 2002 NPS 1,124
9 NCMCR-FY19-RX-1.1.2.b 2019 FWS 1,080
10 VAF220152 2022 NPS 1,079

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.