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2025 County Report

Fires in Montgomery County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Montgomery County responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents.

3,916 residents FIPS 13209 11 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
11
478 across 5 years
Building fires
0
8 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.

11
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 8 72.7%
Passenger vehicle fire 1 9.1%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 1 9.1%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 1 9.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Montgomery County?

Nov peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 1
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 1
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 2
Oct 3
Nov 4
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Montgomery County

478 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 102
2022 171
2023 105
2024 89
2025 11
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
1
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
50%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Montgomery County compares

Montgomery County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

2.81
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Montgomery County
2.81
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Montgomery County
0
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Montgomery County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Montgomery County

11 cities mapped to FIPS 13209.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Montgomery County

5 departments report from this county.

UVALDA VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 10302 0 incidents
MOUNT VERNON FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 10303 0 incidents
HIGGSTON VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 10304 0 incidents
AILEY FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 10305 0 incidents 12 paid
Tarrytown Fire Dept
Tarrytown
FDID 10306 0 incidents 13 vol
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.