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2025 County Report

Fires in Whitfield County, GA

In 2025, fire departments serving Whitfield County responded to 1 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

38,665 residents FIPS 13313 25 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
1
3,730 across 5 years
Building fires
1
0 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 100% of all calls.

1
Total Incidents
Building fires 1 100.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Whitfield County?

Mar peaks. Jan dips.

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

Year over year in Whitfield County

3,730 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 755
2022 921
2023 1,107
2024 946
2025 1
06 How Whitfield County compares

Whitfield County vs GA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0.03
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Whitfield County
0.03
GA avg
2.99
US avg
7.15
0.03
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Whitfield County
0.03
GA avg
0.27
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Whitfield County
0
GA avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Whitfield County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 13313.

CityPopulation 
Dalton 34,358 View ›
Varnell 2,410 View ›
Tunnel Hill 1,168 View ›
Cohutta 729 View ›
Rocky Face 0 View ›
Toonnerville 0 View ›
Pleasant Grove 0 View ›
Cedar Valley 0 View ›
Trickum 0 View ›
Phelps 0 View ›
Pratersville 0 View ›
Callaway Mill 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Whitfield County

2 departments report from this county.

COHUTTA VFD Under County
Cohutta
FDID 15502 0 incidents 16 vol
DALTON FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 15503 0 incidents 64 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.