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2025 County Report

Fires in Pointe Coupee Parish, LA

In 2025, fire departments serving Pointe Coupee Parish responded to 216 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $275K property loss.

8,657 residents FIPS 22077 61 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
216
820 across 5 years
Building fires
25
41 wildland
Property loss
$630K
$537K structure · $93K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.

216
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 43 19.9%
Building fires 25 11.6%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 19 8.8%
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 17 7.9%
Grass fire 15 6.9%
All other categories 97 44.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Pointe Coupee Parish?

Jan peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 37
Feb 22
Mar 33
Apr 18
May 24
Jun 24
Jul 13
Aug 6
Sep 8
Oct 9
Nov 19
Dec 3
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Pointe Coupee Parish

820 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 72
2022 67
2023 205
2024 260
2025 216
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 25 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
31%
27
Cause undetermined
24%
21
Intentional / arson
22%
19
Equipment / heat source failure
9%
8
Under investigation
9%
8
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
4
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $530K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Pointe Coupee Parish during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $275,000 Rougon Building fires Major
2 $150,000 Lottie Building fires Significant
3 $30,000 VENTRESS Building fires Significant
4 $15,000 Batchelor Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
5 $15,000 Livonia Outside storage fire Significant
6 $13,000 Batchelor Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $12,000 Torbert Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
8 $10,000 Livonia Building fires Significant
9 $5,000 New Roads Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $5,000 Rougon Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
06 How Pointe Coupee Parish compares

Pointe Coupee Parish vs LA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

24.95
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Pointe Coupee Parish
24.95
LA avg
9.63
US avg
7.15
2.89
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Pointe Coupee Parish
2.89
LA avg
1.29
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Pointe Coupee Parish
0
LA avg
15.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Pointe Coupee Parish

12 cities mapped to FIPS 22077.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Pointe Coupee Parish

5 departments report from this county.

POINTE COUPEE FIRE DIST 5New Roads VFD
—
FDID 39020 74 incidents
Pointe Coupee Fire Dist 3
—
FDID 39030 61 incidents
Livonia VFD
Livonia
FDID 39010 49 incidents
POINTE COUPEE FIRE DIST 1
—
FDID 39005 22 incidents
MORGANZA VFD
—
FDID 39015 21 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in LA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Cinnamon Teal Fire 2014 FWS 11,235
2 Pintail Fire 2014 FWS 8,889
3 Sac a Lait 2019 FWS 7,445
4 Wilderness 1987 USFS 7,089
5 LEONARD FIRE 2013 FWS 6,396
6 Cottonmouth 2016 FWS 6,389
7 CICADA 2010 FWS 6,270
8 Threat 1 2016 PRI 5,370
9 Wrangler 2010 USFS 4,363
10 Anole 2016 FWS 3,563

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.