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2025 County Report

Fires in Warren County, VA

In 2025, fire departments serving Warren County responded to 200 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $650K property loss.

22,118 residents FIPS 51187 28 cities · 7 fire depts
Total incidents
200
1,019 across 5 years
Building fires
30
25 wildland
Property loss
$915K
$741K structure · $174K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 1 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 55% of all calls.

200
Total Incidents
Building fires 30 15.0%
Power line down 22 11.0%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 21 10.5%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 21 10.5%
Attempted burning, illegal action, other 15 7.5%
All other categories 91 45.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Warren County?

Mar peaks. May dips.

Jan 24
Feb 24
Mar 40
Apr 21
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 18
Aug 15
Sep 25
Oct 2
Nov 26
Dec 5
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Warren County

1,019 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 63
2022 210
2023 239
2024 307
2025 200
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 30 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
41%
16
Cause undetermined
13%
5
Intentional / arson
3%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
31%
12
Under investigation
8%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $741K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Warren County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $650,000 Front Royal Building fires Major
2 $20,000 Front Royal Building fires Significant
3 $20,000 Front Royal Building fires Significant
4 $20,000 Front Royal Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $10,000 FRONT ROYAL Building fires Significant
6 $5,000 Front Royal Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue Significant
7 $5,000 Front Royal Building fires Significant
8 $5,000 Front Royal Building fires Significant
9 $3,675 Front Royal Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $2,500 Front Royal Building fires Significant
06 How Warren County compares

Warren County vs VA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.04
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Warren County
9.04
VA avg
8.68
US avg
7.15
1.36
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Warren County
1.36
VA avg
0.84
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Warren County
0
VA avg
6.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Warren County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 51187.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Warren County

7 departments report from this county.

Front Royal Vol Fire Rescue
—
FDID 18701 0 incidents 4 paid 40 vol
Rivermont Vol Fire Dept
—
FDID 18702 0 incidents 25 vol
South Warren Vol Fire Dept
—
FDID 18703 0 incidents 40 vol
Shenandoah Shores Fire Dept
—
FDID 18704 0 incidents 11 vol
Fortsmouth Vol Fire Dept
—
FDID 18705 0 incidents 25 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in VA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 PINNACLES 2000 NPS 18,055
2 Mount Pleasant 2016 USFS 11,210
3 Waterfall Mountain 2024 USFS 6,398
4 Waites Run 2024 USFS 6,223
5 OLD RAG 2000 NPS 6,127
6 BIG RUN 1986 NPS 4,696
7 FULTZ RUN 2002 NPS 4,194
8 Shop Run 1999 NPS 3,229
9 Raven Rock 2016 USFS 2,401
10 Tye River 2018 USFS 2,057

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.