In 2025, fire departments serving Holmes County responded to 194 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $40K property loss.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips.
1,046 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 259 | |
| 2022 | 179 | |
| 2023 | 205 | |
| 2024 | 209 | |
| 2025 | 194 |
For the 20 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Holmes County during 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | BONIFAY | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $36,000 | BONIFAY | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 3 | $8,000 | bonifay | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 4 | $800 | Bonifay | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant |
| 5 | $500 | Ponce de Leon | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 12059.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Bonifay | 2,760 | View › |
| Ponce de Leon | 775 | View › |
| Esto | 336 | View › |
| Westville | 268 | View › |
| Noma | 254 | View › |
| Ards Crossroads | 0 | View › |
| New Hope | 0 | View › |
| Miller Crossroads | 0 | View › |
| Cobb Cross Roads | 0 | View › |
| Arrant Settlement | 0 | View › |
| Cerrogordo | 0 | View › |
| Royals Crossroads | 0 | View › |
9 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 | DOF Prarie Fire | 2011 | NPS | 68,028 |
| 2 | CP3 RX | 2021 | NPS | 66,918 |
| 3 | Buzzard | 2018 | NPS | 62,454 |
| 4 | Tarpon (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 52,542 |
| 5 | CP-2 Exotics (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 49,703 |
| 6 | EVER CP3 Exotics Rx | 2024 | NPS | 47,986 |
| 7 | ROG-South (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 47,619 |
| 8 | ROG-South/Southern Glades | 2020 | NPS | 43,751 |
| 9 | BICY Kirby Rx FY24 | 2024 | NPS | 39,765 |
| 10 | Mustang Corner | 2008 | NPS | 39,423 |
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.