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2025 County Report

Fires in Marshall County, MS

In 2025, fire departments serving Marshall County responded to 523 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

11,184 residents FIPS 28093 33 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
523
2,555 across 5 years
Building fires
107
191 wildland
Property loss
$2.2M
$1.5M structure · $705K contents
Casualties
1 / 0
1 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.

523
Total Incidents
Grass fire 131 25.0%
Building fires 107 20.5%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 55 10.5%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 40 7.6%
Authorized controlled burning 36 6.9%
All other categories 154 29.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Marshall County?

Mar peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 65
Feb 39
Mar 114
Apr 29
May 22
Jun 22
Jul 22
Aug 75
Sep 65
Oct 39
Nov 2
Dec 29
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Marshall County

2,555 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 491
2022 235
2023 723
2024 583
2025 523
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 107 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
66%
88
Cause undetermined
8%
11
Intentional / arson
6%
8
Equipment / heat source failure
13%
17
Under investigation
7%
9
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $915K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Marshall County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 60% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $150,000 Potts Camp Building fires Significant
2 $150,000 Red Banks Building fires Significant
3 $120,000 Holly Springs Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 Byhalia Building fires Significant
5 $100,000 Holly Springs Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
6 $75,000 Byhalia Building fires Significant
7 $60,000 Red Banks Building fires Significant
8 $60,000 Byhalia Building fires Significant
9 $50,000 Byhalia Building fires Significant
10 $50,000 Holly Springs Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
06 How Marshall County compares

Marshall County vs MS vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

46.76
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Marshall County
46.76
MS avg
16.75
US avg
7.15
9.57
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Marshall County
9.57
MS avg
2.71
US avg
0.82
89.4
Civilian fire deaths per million
Marshall County
89.4
MS avg
22.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Marshall County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 28093.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Marshall County

4 departments report from this county.

Watson VFD
Byhalia
FDID 47010 33 incidents 13 vol
Cayce VFD
Byhalia
FDID 47003 32 incidents 19 vol
Barton VFD
Olive Branch
FDID 47001 16 incidents 13 vol
Chulahoma Volunteer Fire Department
Chulahoma
FDID 47012 6 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in MS

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Toms Camp 2023 USFS 5,301
2 Grand Bature Fire 2016 PRI 4,247
3 Range 40 2022 USFS 3,836
4 Range 12 2022 USFS 2,753
5 Baldy North 2023 USFS 2,093
6 Range 45 Northeast 2023 USFS 1,823
7 Indian Creek 2023 USFS 1,771
8 County Line 2023 USFS 1,554
9 Carson Six 2024 USFS 1,346
10 Parces Rd 2024 USFS 1,158

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.