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2025 County Report

Fires in Warren County, NC

In 2025, fire departments serving Warren County responded to 9 fire and hazmat incidents.

2,127 residents FIPS 37185 27 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
9
69 across 5 years
Building fires
3
2 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 78% of all calls.

9
Total Incidents
Building fires 3 33.3%
Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue 1 11.1%
Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence 1 11.1%
Passenger vehicle fire 1 11.1%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 1 11.1%
All other categories 2 22.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Warren County?

Jan peaks. May dips.

Jan 4
Feb 3
Mar 1
Apr 1
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Warren County

69 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 6
2022 31
2023 21
2024 2
2025 9
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 3 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
3
Cause undetermined
17%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
33%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Warren County compares

Warren County vs NC vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

4.23
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Warren County
4.23
NC avg
9.36
US avg
7.15
1.41
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Warren County
1.41
NC avg
1.35
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Warren County
0
NC avg
8.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Warren County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 37185.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Warren County

1 departments report from this county.

RoanokeWildwood Fire Dept
Littleton
FDID 09314 0 incidents 41 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NC

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 GREAT LAKES 2023 USFS 32,155
2 Whipping Creek Road 2016 PRI 15,456
3 COLLETT RIDGE 2023 USFS 5,506
4 St Mary's 2008 NPS 4,565
5 Carolina Bay 2009 USFS 2,659
6 Big Ditch 2021 FWS 1,486
7 HANCOCK CREEK 2022 USFS 1,177
8 BUCK MTN 2002 NPS 1,124
9 NCMCR-FY19-RX-1.1.2.b 2019 FWS 1,080
10 VAF220152 2022 NPS 1,079

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.