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2025 County Report

Fires in Pike County, AL

In 2025, fire departments serving Pike County responded to 256 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $250K property loss.

20,815 residents FIPS 01109 38 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
256
1,166 across 5 years
Building fires
48
51 wildland
Property loss
$1.5M
$1.0M structure · $474K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.

256
Total Incidents
Building fires 48 18.8%
Power line down 30 11.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 19 7.4%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 15 5.9%
Passenger vehicle fire 14 5.5%
All other categories 130 50.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Pike County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 18
Feb 27
Mar 49
Apr 19
May 31
Jun 30
Jul 22
Aug 20
Sep 19
Oct 11
Nov 9
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Pike County

1,166 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 184
2022 195
2023 277
2024 254
2025 256
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 48 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
57%
46
Cause undetermined
8%
6
Intentional / arson
4%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
6%
5
Under investigation
21%
17
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
3
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $858K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Pike County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 85% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $250,000 TROY Building fires Major
2 $100,000 TROY Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 BRUNDIDGE Building fires Significant
4 $100,000 TROY Building fires Significant
5 $86,700 GOSHEN Building fires Significant
6 $86,700 GOSHEN Building fires Significant
7 $50,000 BRUNDIDGE Building fires Significant
8 $30,000 TROY Building fires Significant
9 $30,000 TROY Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $25,000 GOSHEN Building fires Significant
06 How Pike County compares

Pike County vs AL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

12.3
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Pike County
12.3
AL avg
9.37
US avg
7.15
2.31
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Pike County
2.31
AL avg
1.28
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Pike County
0
AL avg
11.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Pike County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 01109.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Pike County

1 departments report from this county.

Hamilton Cross Roads VFD
Brundidge
FDID 05509 0 incidents 14 vol
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.