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2025 County Report

Fires in Wakulla County, FL

In 2025, fire departments serving Wakulla County responded to 141 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $100K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

7,137 residents FIPS 12129 31 cities · 7 fire depts
Total incidents
141
991 across 5 years
Building fires
15
32 wildland
Property loss
$649K
$554K structure · $95K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.

141
Total Incidents
Power line down 28 19.9%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 20 14.2%
Building fires 15 10.6%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 10 7.1%
Unauthorized burning 10 7.1%
All other categories 58 41.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Wakulla County?

Jan peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 29
Feb 23
Mar 29
Apr 20
May 20
Jun 19
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 1
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Wakulla County

991 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 196
2022 245
2023 203
2024 206
2025 141
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 15 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
54%
21
Cause undetermined
10%
4
Intentional / arson
10%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
13%
5
Act of nature (lightning)
13%
3
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $435K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Wakulla County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 79% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $100,000 Crawfordville Building fires Significant
2 $60,000 Sopchoppy Outside equipment fire Significant
3 $50,000 Crawfordville Building fires Significant
4 $50,000 Crawfordville Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $50,000 Crawfordville Building fires Significant
6 $40,000 Sopchoppy Building fires Significant
7 $30,000 Crawfordville Passenger vehicle fire Significant
8 $20,000 Crawfordville Building fires Significant
9 $20,000 Crawfordville Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
10 $15,000 Crawfordville Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
06 How Wakulla County compares

Wakulla County vs FL vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

19.76
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Wakulla County
19.76
FL avg
5.32
US avg
7.15
2.1
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Wakulla County
2.1
FL avg
0.42
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Wakulla County
0
FL avg
4.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Wakulla County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 12129.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Wakulla County

7 departments report from this county.

WAKULLA COUNTY FIRE RESCUE
Crawfordville
FDID 65031 138 incidents
CRAWFORDVILLE VFD
Crawfordville
FDID 65011 0 incidents 35 vol
PANACEA VOL FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 65021 0 incidents 10 vol
APALACHEE BAY FR
Crawfordville
FDID 65051 0 incidents 7 vol
MEDART VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
Crawfordvillde
FDID 65061 0 incidents 10 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in FL

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
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

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.