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2025 County Report

Fires in Tensas Parish, LA

In 2025, fire departments serving Tensas Parish responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents.

2,276 residents FIPS 22107 31 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
26
212 across 5 years
Building fires
7
6 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 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 77% of all calls.

26
Total Incidents
Building fires 7 26.9%
Trash or rubbish fire, contained 5 19.2%
Grass fire 4 15.4%
Fire, other 2 7.7%
Outside rubbish fire, other 2 7.7%
All other categories 6 23.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Tensas Parish?

Mar peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 3
Feb 2
Mar 5
Apr 5
May 1
Jun 5
Jul 3
Aug 2
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Tensas Parish

212 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 41
2022 43
2023 58
2024 44
2025 26
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 7 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
42%
8
Cause undetermined
26%
5
Intentional / arson
21%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
5%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
6%
1
06 How Tensas Parish compares

Tensas Parish vs LA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

11.42
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Tensas Parish
11.42
LA avg
9.63
US avg
7.15
3.08
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Tensas Parish
3.08
LA avg
1.29
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Tensas Parish
0
LA avg
15.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Tensas Parish

12 cities mapped to FIPS 22107.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Tensas Parish

1 departments report from this county.

TENSAS FIRE DIST 1
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FDID 54015 26 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.