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2025 County Report

Fires in Lexington city, VA

In 2025, fire departments serving Lexington city responded to 59 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $40K property loss.

7,346 residents FIPS 51678 1 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
59
441 across 5 years
Building fires
14
10 wildland
Property loss
$202K
$146K structure · $56K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.

59
Total Incidents
Building fires 14 23.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 6 10.2%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 5 8.5%
Fire, other 4 6.8%
Cooking fire, confined to container 4 6.8%
All other categories 26 44.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Lexington city?

Jul peaks. May dips.

Jan 6
Feb 7
Mar 3
Apr 8
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 11
Aug 1
Sep 8
Oct 5
Nov 9
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Lexington city

441 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 103
2022 148
2023 80
2024 51
2025 59
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 14 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
38%
6
Cause undetermined
31%
5
Intentional / arson
6%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
6%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
19%
3
05 The biggest fires

8 fires · $146K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $40,000 LEXINGTON Building fires Significant
2 $35,500 Lexington Building fires Significant
3 $30,000 Lexington Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
4 $20,000 Lexington Building fires Significant
5 $10,000 LEXINGTON Building fires Significant
6 $5,000 LEXINGTON Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $5,000 LEXINGTON Building fires Significant
8 $200 LEXINGTON Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
06 How Lexington city compares

Lexington city vs VA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

8.03
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lexington city
8.03
VA avg
8.68
US avg
7.15
1.91
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lexington city
1.91
VA avg
0.84
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lexington city
0
VA avg
6.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Lexington city

1 cities mapped to FIPS 51678.

CityPopulation 
Lexington 7,346 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Lexington city

1 departments report from this county.

Lexington Fire Dept
Lexington
FDID 67800 0 incidents 10 paid 40 vol
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.