In 2025, fire departments serving Madison County responded to 1,711 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.0M property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 42% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
8,908 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,199 | |
| 2022 | 1,937 | |
| 2023 | 2,094 | |
| 2024 | 1,967 | |
| 2025 | 1,711 |
For the 170 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Madison County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 52% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | HUNTSVILLE | Passenger vehicle fire | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | HUNTSVILLE | Fire, other | Major |
| 3 | $458,600 | Madison | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $306,900 | MADISON COUNTY | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | TONEY | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | HUNTSVILLE | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | LIMESTONE COUNTY | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | HUNTSVILLE | Fire, other | Significant |
| 9 | $178,700 | HUNTSVILLE | Fire, other | Significant |
| 10 | $150,000 | HUNTSVILLE | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 01089.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Huntsville | 215,025 | View › |
| Madison | 56,967 | View › |
| Meridianville | 9,528 | View › |
| Harvest | 6,328 | View › |
| Moores Mill | 6,007 | View › |
| Hazel Green | 3,971 | View › |
| Triana | 3,114 | View › |
| New Hope | 2,875 | View › |
| Owens Cross Roads | 2,567 | View › |
| New Market | 1,095 | View › |
| Redstone Arsenal | 991 | View › |
| Gurley | 580 | View › |
7 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 | 426 B | 2019 | USFS | 2,671 |
| 2 | Lake Chinnabee | 2016 | USFS | 2,228 |
| 3 | 742 | 2019 | USFS | 1,787 |
| 4 | Rd07-09 | 2006 | NPS | 1,467 |
| 5 | Big Candle | 2019 | USFS | 1,272 |
| 6 | Half Way | 2016 | USFS | 1,066 |
| 7 | LRP NORTHEAST SOUTH RX | 2023 | NPS | 1,026 |
| 8 | Welcome Home 1 | 2016 | USFS | 1,008 |
| 9 | Road 09-08 WF | 2006 | NPS | 978 |
| 10 | Caney Head | 2016 | USFS | 932 |
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.