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2025 County Report

Fires in Troup County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Troup County responded to 305 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

37,921 residents FIPS 13285 29 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
305
2,838 across 5 years
Building fires
35
113 wildland
Property loss
$2.6M
$1.9M structure · $707K 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 53% of all calls.

305
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 44 14.4%
Building fires 35 11.5%
Grass fire 35 11.5%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 27 8.9%
Passenger vehicle fire 21 6.9%
All other categories 143 46.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Troup County?

Mar peaks. Oct dips.

Jan 24
Feb 44
Mar 91
Apr 49
May 12
Jun 23
Jul 21
Aug 18
Sep 23
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Troup County

2,838 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 583
2022 780
2023 653
2024 517
2025 305
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 35 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
52%
35
Cause undetermined
9%
6
Intentional / arson
6%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
15%
10
Under investigation
15%
10
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.5M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Troup County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 77% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $500,000 Hogansville Building fires Major
2 $200,000 City of LaGrange Building fires Significant
3 $172,000 City of LaGrange Building fires Significant
4 $132,000 City of LaGrange Building fires Significant
5 $120,000 City of LaGrange Passenger vehicle fire Significant
6 $110,000 City of LaGrange Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $97,000 City of LaGrange Building fires Significant
8 $60,000 City of LaGrange Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire Significant
9 $50,000 City of LaGrange Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
10 $50,000 City of LaGrange Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
06 How Troup County compares

Troup County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

8.04
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Troup County
8.04
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0.92
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Troup County
0.92
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Troup County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Troup County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 13285.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Troup County

3 departments report from this county.

Troup County Fire Department
LaGrange
FDID 14101 324 incidents 63 paid
LaGrange FD
LAGRANGE
FDID 14102 0 incidents 59 paid
WEST POINT FIRE DEPARTMENT
West Point
FDID 14103 0 incidents 16 paid
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in GA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West Mims 2017 FWS 152,527
2 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Blackjack Island 2019 FWS 3,367
3 South Cut 2008 NPS 2,581
4 St. Catherines Island 2022 USFS 2,213
5 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Strange Island 2019 FWS 1,999
6 GAPDR-FY19-RX-6C/7S/8A/8B 2019 FWS 1,172
7 Barrow's Fire 2016 PRI 1,034
8 GAOKR-FY19-RX-Mitchell Island 2019 FWS 1,027
9 The Nicki Fire 2014 FWS 1,022
10 GAPDR-FY19-RX-27A/Stephens 2019 FWS 972

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.