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2025 County Report

Fires in Lincoln County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Lincoln County responded to 6 fire and hazmat incidents.

1,876 residents FIPS 13181 17 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
6
118 across 5 years
Building fires
1
3 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

6
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 2 33.3%
Building fires 1 16.7%
Cooking fire, confined to container 1 16.7%
Passenger vehicle fire 1 16.7%
Grass fire 1 16.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Lincoln County?

Mar peaks. Feb dips.

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

Year over year in Lincoln County

118 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 8
2022 49
2023 31
2024 24
2025 6
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
100%
1
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Lincoln County compares

Lincoln County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

3.2
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lincoln County
3.2
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0.53
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lincoln County
0.53
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lincoln County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Lincoln County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 13181.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Lincoln County

4 departments report from this county.

LINCOLNTON VOL FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 09005 6 incidents
LOCO VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
Lincolnton
FDID 09002 0 incidents 15 vol
Martins Crossroads VFD
—
FDID 09003 0 incidents 28 vol
MIDWAY FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 09004 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in GA

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West Mims 2017 FWS 152,527
2 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Blackjack Island 2019 FWS 3,367
3 South Cut 2008 NPS 2,581
4 St. Catherines Island 2022 USFS 2,213
5 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Strange Island 2019 FWS 1,999
6 GAPDR-FY19-RX-6C/7S/8A/8B 2019 FWS 1,172
7 Barrow's Fire 2016 PRI 1,034
8 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Mitchell Island 2019 FWS 1,027
9 The Nicki Fire 2014 FWS 1,022
10 GAPDR-FY19-RX-27A/Stephens 2019 FWS 972

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.