In 2025, fire departments serving Highland County responded to 1 fire and hazmat incidents.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips.
4 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 51091.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Monterey | 164 | View › |
| McDowell | 45 | View › |
| Vanderpool | 0 | View › |
| Palo Alto | 0 | View › |
| Patna | 0 | View › |
| Clover Creek | 0 | View › |
| Sirons Mill | 0 | View › |
| Mill Gap | 0 | View › |
| New Hampden | 0 | View › |
| Meadowdale | 0 | View › |
| Blue Grass | 0 | View › |
| Trimble | 0 | View › |
5 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.