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2025 County Report

Fires in Lenoir County, NC

In 2025, fire departments serving Lenoir County responded to 141 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $8K property loss.

24,275 residents FIPS 37107 36 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
141
1,005 across 5 years
Building fires
30
36 wildland
Property loss
$18K
$10K structure · $8K 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 67% of all calls.

141
Total Incidents
Building fires 30 21.3%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 26 18.4%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 15 10.6%
Passenger vehicle fire 13 9.2%
Unauthorized burning 10 7.1%
All other categories 47 33.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Lenoir County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 19
Feb 15
Mar 29
Apr 7
May 13
Jun 13
Jul 9
Aug 7
Sep 9
Oct 5
Nov 14
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Lenoir County

1,005 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 266
2022 281
2023 168
2024 149
2025 141
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 30 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
41%
29
Cause undetermined
10%
7
Intentional / arson
17%
12
Equipment / heat source failure
1%
1
Under investigation
30%
21
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
1
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $10K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Lenoir County during 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $8,000 Kinston Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
2 $1,500 DEEP RUN Building fires Significant
06 How Lenoir County compares

Lenoir County vs NC vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5.81
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lenoir County
5.81
NC avg
9.36
US avg
7.15
1.24
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lenoir County
1.24
NC avg
1.35
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lenoir County
0
NC avg
8.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Lenoir County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 37107.

CityPopulation 
Kinston 19,704 View ›
La Grange 2,640 View ›
Jackson Heights 889 View ›
Pink Hill 528 View ›
Deep Run 484 View ›
Graingers 30 View ›
Nobles Mill 0 View ›
Tulls Mill 0 View ›
Elm Grove 0 View ›
Fountain Hill 0 View ›
Albrittons 0 View ›
Parrott Fork 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Lenoir County

3 departments report from this county.

Hugo Vol Fire Dept Rescue
Grifton
FDID 05432 23 incidents 63 vol
KINSTON FIRE AND RESCUE
KINSTON
FDID 05402 0 incidents 63 paid
La Grange Fire Department
La Grange
FDID 05434 0 incidents 35 vol
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.