In 2025, fire departments serving Lawrence County responded to 144 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $5K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
588 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | |
| 2022 | 154 | |
| 2023 | 111 | |
| 2024 | 119 | |
| 2025 | 144 |
For the 41 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Lawrence County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Bridgeport | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 17101.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceville | 4,210 | View › |
| Sumner | 2,411 | View › |
| Bridgeport | 2,030 | View › |
| St. Francisville | 669 | View › |
| Russellville | 74 | View › |
| Chauncey | 0 | View › |
| Riddleville | 0 | View › |
| Pinkstaff | 0 | View › |
| Sand Barrens | 0 | View › |
| Hadley | 0 | View › |
| Petrolia | 0 | View › |
| Westport | 0 | View › |
4 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 | Red Shale RX | 2024 | FWS | 1,290 |
| 2 | Herrin Flats RX | 2024 | FWS | 1,134 |
| 3 | Beach RX | 2024 | FWS | 864 |
| 4 | Hampton North RX | 2024 | FWS | 708 |
| 5 | Hampton RX | 2024 | FWS | 668 |
| 6 | Grassy Creek 2 RX | 2024 | FWS | 621 |
| 7 | Chamness RX | 2024 | FWS | 610 |
| 8 | Greenbriar RX | 2024 | FWS | 590 |
| 9 | COR - Devils Kitchen West RX | 2024 | FWS | 468 |
| 10 | Smith RX | 2024 | FWS | 366 |
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.