In 2025, fire departments serving Union County responded to 165 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips.
792 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 122 | |
| 2022 | 184 | |
| 2023 | 134 | |
| 2024 | 187 | |
| 2025 | 165 |
For the 41 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Union County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 98% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | ALTO PASS | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | dongola | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Jonesboro | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $70,000 | Anna | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $40,000 | JONESBORO | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $35,000 | Jonesboro | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $30,000 | Anna | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | dongola | Fire in portable building, fixed location | Significant |
| 9 | $12,000 | Jonesboro | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $10,000 | Anna | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 17181.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Anna | 4,259 | View › |
| Jonesboro | 1,817 | View › |
| Cobden | 1,023 | View › |
| Dongola | 716 | View › |
| Alto Pass | 381 | View › |
| Mill Creek | 45 | View › |
| Mount Pleasant | 0 | View › |
| Reynoldsville | 0 | View › |
| Springville | 0 | View › |
| Moscow | 0 | View › |
| Lick Creek | 0 | View › |
| Kaolin | 0 | View › |
6 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 | Red Shale RX | 2024 | FWS | 1,290 |
| 2 | Herrin Flats RX | 2024 | FWS | 1,134 |
| 3 | Beach RX | 2024 | FWS | 864 |
| 4 | Hampton North RX | 2024 | FWS | 708 |
| 5 | Hampton RX | 2024 | FWS | 668 |
| 6 | Grassy Creek 2 RX | 2024 | FWS | 621 |
| 7 | Chamness RX | 2024 | FWS | 610 |
| 8 | Greenbriar RX | 2024 | FWS | 590 |
| 9 | COR - Devils Kitchen West RX | 2024 | FWS | 468 |
| 10 | Smith RX | 2024 | FWS | 366 |
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.