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2025 County Report

Fires in Hopewell city, VA

In 2025, fire departments serving Hopewell city responded to 60 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss.

23,046 residents FIPS 51670 2 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
60
1,199 across 5 years
Building fires
10
6 wildland
Property loss
$695K
$647K structure · $48K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.

60
Total Incidents
Building fires 10 16.7%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 7 11.7%
Power line down 7 11.7%
Unauthorized burning 6 10.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 5 8.3%
All other categories 25 41.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Hopewell city?

Jan peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 24
Feb 2
Mar 4
Apr 17
May 1
Jun 0
Jul 3
Aug 1
Sep 2
Oct 2
Nov 4
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Hopewell city

1,199 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 336
2022 304
2023 224
2024 275
2025 60
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 10 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
62%
13
Cause undetermined
14%
3
Intentional / arson
5%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
10%
2
Under investigation
10%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
-1%
0
05 The biggest fires

8 fires · $647K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Hopewell city during 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $500,000 Hopewell Building fires Major
2 $124,736 Hopewell Building fires Significant
3 $7,595 Hopewell Building fires Significant
4 $6,000 Hopewell Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $5,000 Hopewell Passenger vehicle fire Significant
6 $3,000 Hopewell Building fires Significant
7 $250 Hopewell Natural vegetation fire, other Significant
8 $100 Hopewell Building fires Significant
06 How Hopewell city compares

Hopewell city vs VA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

2.6
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Hopewell city
2.6
VA avg
8.68
US avg
7.15
0.43
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Hopewell city
0.43
VA avg
0.84
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Hopewell city
0
VA avg
6.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Hopewell city

2 cities mapped to FIPS 51670.

CityPopulation 
Hopewell 23,046 View ›
Cedar Level 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Hopewell city

1 departments report from this county.

Hopewell Bureau of Fire
HOPEWELL
FDID 67000 36 incidents 47 paid
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.