In 2025, fire departments serving Morgan County responded to 353 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.5M property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jun dips.
1,631 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 334 | |
| 2022 | 306 | |
| 2023 | 310 | |
| 2024 | 328 | |
| 2025 | 353 |
For the 124 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Morgan County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Berkeley Spring | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Berkeley Spring | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Berkeley Springs | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant |
| 4 | $80,000 | Great Cacapon | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $60,000 | Great Cacapon | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Great Cacapon | Fire, other | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Great Cacapon | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Great Cacapon | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $15,000 | Great Cacapon | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant |
| 10 | $15,000 | Berkeley Springs | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 54065.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Bath | 897 | View › |
| Great Cacapon | 740 | View › |
| Paw Paw | 463 | View › |
| Cherry Run | 0 | View › |
| Holton | 0 | View › |
| Burnt Factory | 0 | View › |
| Lineburg | 0 | View › |
| Orleans Cross Roads | 0 | View › |
| Sleepy Creek | 0 | View › |
| Sir Johns Run | 0 | View › |
| Unger | 0 | View › |
| Smith Crossroads | 0 | View › |
4 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 | GAULEY MTN | 1991 | NPS | 12,324 |
| 2 | Steep Valley | 2023 | NPS | 2,182 |
| 3 | Dry Hollow Fire | 2019 | USFS | 1,288 |
| 4 | ABRAHAM | 2001 | NPS | 547 |
| 5 | Castle | 2018 | USFS | 427 |
| 6 | Unnamed fire | 1981 | NPS | 412 |
| 7 | Highland | 2024 | NPS | 231 |
| 8 | North | 2017 | USFS | 192 |
| 9 | 947 | 2023 | USFS | 165 |
| 10 | 873122 | 1987 | NPS | 162 |
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.