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2025 County Report

Fires in Yadkin County, NC

In 2025, fire departments serving Yadkin County responded to 351 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $75K property loss.

7,868 residents FIPS 37197 22 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
351
2,195 across 5 years
Building fires
59
77 wildland
Property loss
$638K
$477K structure · $161K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.

351
Total Incidents
Hazardous condition, other 73 20.8%
Building fires 59 16.8%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 40 11.4%
Passenger vehicle fire 21 6.0%
Unauthorized burning 20 5.7%
All other categories 138 39.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Yadkin County?

Mar peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 68
Feb 58
Mar 88
Apr 30
May 40
Jun 32
Jul 18
Aug 16
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 1
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Yadkin County

2,195 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 407
2022 492
2023 458
2024 487
2025 351
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 59 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
49%
32
Cause undetermined
25%
16
Intentional / arson
6%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
3%
2
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
17%
4
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $436K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Yadkin County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 91% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $75,000 BOONVILLE Building fires Significant
2 $75,000 East Bend Building fires Significant
3 $67,198 East Bend Building fires Significant
4 $50,000 East Bend Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
5 $38,000 BOONVILLE Passenger vehicle fire Significant
6 $37,000 East Bend Building fires Significant
7 $35,000 BOONVILLE Passenger vehicle fire Significant
8 $26,000 East Bend Passenger vehicle fire Significant
9 $18,000 BOONVILLE Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $15,000 Yadkinville Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
06 How Yadkin County compares

Yadkin County vs NC vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

44.61
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Yadkin County
44.61
NC avg
9.36
US avg
7.15
7.5
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Yadkin County
7.5
NC avg
1.35
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Yadkin County
0
NC avg
8.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Yadkin County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 37197.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Yadkin County

4 departments report from this county.

Boonville Volunteer Fire Depar
Boonville
FDID 09913 42 incidents 28 vol
Yadkinville Volunteer Fire Dep
Yadkinville
FDID 09912 0 incidents 3 paid 45 vol
Arlington Fire Rescue Inc
Jonesville
FDID 09916 0 incidents 1 paid 48 vol
Courtney Volunteer Fire Depart
Yadkinville
FDID 09919 0 incidents 7 paid
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.