In 2025, fire departments serving St. Johns County responded to 1,061 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 43% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
2,887 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 261 | |
| 2022 | 298 | |
| 2023 | 125 | |
| 2024 | 1,142 | |
| 2025 | 1,061 |
For the 50 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in St. Johns County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | SAINT AUGUSTINE | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $769,541 | PONTE VEDRA BEA | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | SAINT AUGUSTINE | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | PONTE VEDRA | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | SAINT AUGUSTINE | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $50,000 | SAINT JOHNS | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | SAINT AUGUSTINE | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | SAINT AUGUSTINE | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $10,000 | PONTE VEDRA | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $10,000 | Hastings | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 12109.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit Cove | 35,333 | View › |
| Nocatee | 22,950 | View › |
| World Golf Village | 22,137 | View › |
| Palm Valley | 19,766 | View › |
| St. Augustine | 14,642 | View › |
| St. Augustine Shores | 9,883 | View › |
| St. Augustine Beach | 6,774 | View › |
| St. Augustine South | 5,087 | View › |
| Sawgrass | 4,877 | View › |
| Butler Beach | 4,831 | View › |
| Flagler Estates | 3,608 | View › |
| Crescent Beach | 936 | 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 | DOF Prarie Fire | 2011 | NPS | 68,028 |
| 2 | CP3 RX | 2021 | NPS | 66,918 |
| 3 | Buzzard | 2018 | NPS | 62,454 |
| 4 | Tarpon (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 52,542 |
| 5 | CP-2 Exotics (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 49,703 |
| 6 | EVER CP3 Exotics Rx | 2024 | NPS | 47,986 |
| 7 | ROG-South (BIL) | 2023 | NPS | 47,619 |
| 8 | ROG-South/Southern Glades | 2020 | NPS | 43,751 |
| 9 | BICY Kirby Rx FY24 | 2024 | NPS | 39,765 |
| 10 | Mustang Corner | 2008 | NPS | 39,423 |
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.