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2025 County Report

Fires in Perry County, AL

In 2025, fire departments serving Perry County responded to 22 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $80K property loss.

4,882 residents FIPS 01105 24 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
22
67 across 5 years
Building fires
1
12 wildland
Property loss
$120K
$80K structure · $40K 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 73% of all calls.

22
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 7 31.8%
Grass fire 3 13.6%
Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other 2 9.1%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 2 9.1%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 2 9.1%
All other categories 6 27.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Perry County?

Feb peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 5
Feb 7
Mar 7
Apr 1
May 1
Jun 1
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Perry County

67 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 6
2022 0
2023 4
2024 35
2025 22
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
62%
8
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
8%
1
Under investigation
31%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
-1%
0
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $80K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Perry County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $80,000 Marion Building fires Significant
06 How Perry County compares

Perry County vs AL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

4.51
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Perry County
4.51
AL avg
9.37
US avg
7.15
0.2
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Perry County
0.2
AL avg
1.28
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Perry County
0
AL avg
11.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Perry County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 01105.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in AL

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
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

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.