Currently viewing fire stats for NC.
Total Fires: 36,240 Major: 3,238 Structural: 11,942
Fire Types
Fire Causes
| County |
Fires |
% Major |
Population |
Intentional |
Smoking |
Heating |
Cooking |
| Alamance | 667 | 9.14% | 120,301 | 3.20% | 0.00% | 5.58% | 30.88% |
| Alexander | 135 | 10.06% | 32,562 | 4.00% | 1.78% | 12.15% | 4.00% |
| Alleghany | 27 | 15.71% | 12,532 | 2.42% | 0.00% | 29.31% | 8.36% |
| Anson | 116 | 19.83% | 17,878 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 9.03% | 22.22% |
| Ashe | 82 | 17.07% | 20,138 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 26.51% | 2.44% |
| Avery | 13 | 0.00% | 2,466 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 80.77% |
| Beaufort | 210 | 11.08% | 140,811 | 5.68% | 1.26% | 3.87% | 19.95% |
| Bertie | 23 | 30.43% | 10,910 | 8.70% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 39.13% |
| Bladen | 192 | 6.77% | 21,403 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.17% | 27.08% |
| Brunswick | 697 | 7.91% | 93,489 | 7.88% | 2.71% | 3.82% | 21.63% |
| Buncombe | 666 | 5.11% | 179,203 | 1.87% | 0.87% | 20.07% | 42.09% |
| Burke | 265 | 6.73% | 71,340 | 2.37% | 4.66% | 6.95% | 16.72% |
| Cabarrus | 738 | 9.35% | 145,817 | 5.91% | 1.04% | 7.63% | 32.52% |
| Caldwell | 337 | 9.37% | 106,490 | 2.40% | 1.81% | 12.02% | 20.03% |
| Camden | 16 | 2.68% | 496,395 | 4.93% | 0.76% | 6.86% | 43.32% |
| Carteret | 453 | 5.52% | 56,532 | 11.96% | 2.13% | 7.99% | 20.10% |
| Caswell | 44 | 2.27% | 8,432 | 7.58% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 7.95% |
| Catawba | 546 | 9.71% | 134,722 | 3.22% | 3.28% | 6.51% | 20.62% |
| Chatham | 185 | 9.14% | 225,906 | 3.33% | 1.71% | 3.89% | 37.76% |
| Cherokee | 110 | 6.32% | 335,126 | 5.59% | 1.34% | 12.96% | 11.48% |
| Chowan | 54 | 9.26% | 11,677 | 4.72% | 0.00% | 2.78% | 18.89% |
| Clay | 45 | 10.61% | 500,999 | 5.89% | 0.94% | 3.62% | 15.72% |
| Cleveland | 267 | 8.85% | 259,559 | 6.41% | 2.38% | 3.81% | 13.56% |
| Columbus | 372 | 2.69% | 37,082 | 2.49% | 1.48% | 3.58% | 18.81% |
| Craven | 505 | 11.88% | 80,349 | 3.72% | 1.55% | 1.61% | 20.73% |
| Cumberland | 1,300 | 8.18% | 817,706 | 4.10% | 1.19% | 14.14% | 33.65% |
| Currituck | 76 | 3.95% | 15,919 | 3.95% | 0.00% | 12.50% | 27.19% |
| Dare | 182 | 8.79% | 29,761 | 0.00% | 1.44% | 3.60% | 26.97% |
| Davidson | 556 | 5.39% | 598,654 | 2.36% | 1.95% | 5.62% | 40.23% |
| Davie | 161 | 9.32% | 33,398 | 8.39% | 2.10% | 9.77% | 13.33% |
| Duplin | 151 | 7.95% | 34,474 | 2.32% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 30.93% |
| Durham | 460 | 9.78% | 195,161 | 1.20% | 0.59% | 7.11% | 23.36% |
| Edgecombe | 333 | 12.91% | 36,447 | 3.09% | 0.00% | 2.08% | 33.09% |
| Forsyth | 1,305 | 10.47% | 395,704 | 7.61% | 2.41% | 8.65% | 25.68% |
| Franklin | 229 | 9.28% | 1,648,715 | 6.31% | 1.59% | 8.41% | 23.13% |
| Gaston | 402 | 11.19% | 161,656 | 6.16% | 1.31% | 3.42% | 28.61% |
| Gates | 36 | 8.33% | 7,896 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 27.78% | 0.00% |
| Graham | 27 | 18.57% | 7,680 | 0.00% | 3.86% | 7.71% | 0.00% |
| Granville | 259 | 13.90% | 36,800 | 1.38% | 1.38% | 8.29% | 20.01% |
| Greene | 71 | 9.47% | 558,023 | 5.19% | 2.35% | 10.30% | 16.02% |
| Guilford | 1,665 | 9.13% | 279,037 | 7.53% | 3.08% | 6.55% | 39.18% |
| Halifax | 346 | 12.96% | 68,253 | 2.14% | 1.73% | 10.41% | 19.16% |
| Harnett | 899 | 3.67% | 85,684 | 4.88% | 0.31% | 3.37% | 22.55% |
| Haywood | 201 | 6.55% | 59,699 | 4.58% | 2.07% | 23.35% | 19.08% |
| Henderson | 349 | 7.06% | 204,977 | 5.43% | 1.86% | 11.19% | 11.27% |
| Hertford | 59 | 8.47% | 14,450 | 5.93% | 0.00% | 9.96% | 36.03% |
| Hoke | 257 | 0.39% | 27,467 | 5.00% | 0.00% | 3.33% | 25.00% |
| Hyde | 7 | 7.15% | 2,642 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 28.57% |
| Iredell | 497 | 9.05% | 126,844 | 10.32% | 1.16% | 13.55% | 21.12% |
| Jackson | 143 | 12.63% | 1,277,302 | 7.19% | 2.45% | 5.65% | 19.82% |
| Johnston | 850 | 4.67% | 112,526 | 3.79% | 1.71% | 1.50% | 21.03% |
| Jones | 71 | 11.41% | 83,582 | 3.85% | 0.48% | 2.62% | 14.60% |
| Lee | 390 | 10.26% | 794,387 | 3.88% | 0.85% | 2.62% | 24.64% |
| Lenoir | 247 | 6.88% | 42,659 | 2.71% | 5.24% | 4.23% | 12.16% |
| Lincoln | 379 | 7.80% | 386,485 | 2.13% | 0.71% | 6.94% | 9.38% |
| Macon | 130 | 15.30% | 153,799 | 7.56% | 2.55% | 10.00% | 12.08% |
| Madison | 95 | 11.28% | 1,008,290 | 4.10% | 0.61% | 7.45% | 21.82% |
| Martin | 70 | 10.81% | 163,051 | 3.29% | 0.77% | 5.27% | 28.15% |
| McDowell | 144 | 26.09% | 41,478 | 9.31% | 0.00% | 14.53% | 7.71% |
| Mecklenburg | 2,567 | 11.81% | 748,275 | 11.80% | 3.00% | 4.28% | 27.98% |
| Mitchell | 20 | 5.35% | 42,707 | 6.79% | 0.00% | 8.74% | 8.23% |
| Montgomery | 87 | 10.36% | 2,568,684 | 5.75% | 1.67% | 7.34% | 26.57% |
| Moore | 648 | 6.04% | 84,466 | 0.75% | 0.21% | 5.71% | 36.52% |
| Nash | 672 | 11.31% | 81,795 | 2.88% | 0.37% | 5.87% | 18.37% |
| New Hanover | 928 | 7.54% | 153,785 | 4.88% | 2.41% | 3.64% | 29.13% |
| Northampton | 107 | 9.64% | 205,748 | 1.92% | 1.30% | 7.16% | 41.73% |
| Onslow | 472 | 10.81% | 115,747 | 4.37% | 1.06% | 3.45% | 18.84% |
| Orange | 432 | 7.31% | 2,954,939 | 2.51% | 2.47% | 7.34% | 29.08% |
| Pamlico | 94 | 13.83% | 6,000 | 4.71% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 18.84% |
| Pasquotank | 77 | 0.00% | 29,701 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 9.09% | 18.18% |
| Pender | 224 | 12.05% | 37,584 | 9.83% | 1.47% | 0.00% | 18.90% |
| Perquimans | 52 | 3.85% | 9,726 | 11.02% | 0.00% | 5.52% | 11.02% |
| Person | 85 | 8.24% | 29,880 | 7.26% | 0.00% | 19.61% | 19.61% |
| Pitt | 590 | 10.17% | 116,813 | 2.73% | 2.76% | 2.76% | 31.89% |
| Polk | 106 | 10.02% | 1,032,572 | 4.93% | 1.90% | 3.18% | 19.58% |
| Randolph | 568 | 10.77% | 231,397 | 5.55% | 0.53% | 7.24% | 9.32% |
| Richmond | 328 | 2.02% | 540,709 | 1.46% | 1.11% | 3.69% | 54.46% |
| Robeson | 1,158 | 4.58% | 96,507 | 6.98% | 0.00% | 2.36% | 8.62% |
| Rockingham | 325 | 6.73% | 389,624 | 2.44% | 1.17% | 28.28% | 16.72% |
| Rowan | 346 | 6.62% | 112,720 | 2.57% | 0.64% | 6.01% | 26.42% |
| Rutherford | 329 | 12.69% | 254,301 | 4.32% | 1.20% | 9.62% | 22.20% |
| Sampson | 371 | 5.66% | 42,185 | 3.78% | 0.00% | 5.89% | 10.11% |
| Scotland | 101 | 12.21% | 27,108 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.66% | 0.00% |
| Stanly | 321 | 9.66% | 43,971 | 2.38% | 2.38% | 8.04% | 40.53% |
| Stokes | 212 | 6.60% | 35,975 | 1.40% | 1.40% | 8.67% | 16.24% |
| Surry | 307 | 7.65% | 61,710 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 7.26% | 13.17% |
| Swain | 83 | 8.44% | 13,269 | 9.38% | 0.00% | 15.56% | 21.91% |
| Transylvania | 153 | 9.80% | 23,574 | 6.41% | 2.71% | 28.10% | 15.28% |
| Tyrrell | 2 | 100.00% | 2,936 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Union | 547 | 7.93% | 863,704 | 3.05% | 0.81% | 8.93% | 32.26% |
| Vance | 255 | 11.37% | 33,352 | 1.23% | 0.00% | 12.42% | 24.97% |
| Wake | 2,927 | 6.29% | 741,486 | 4.93% | 1.61% | 6.57% | 29.20% |
| Warren | 51 | 8.69% | 577,213 | 3.03% | 2.17% | 13.30% | 21.11% |
| Washington | 38 | 7.56% | 1,832,675 | 4.29% | 2.00% | 12.91% | 15.74% |
| Watauga | 151 | 9.27% | 32,553 | 1.32% | 2.65% | 29.06% | 14.27% |
| Wayne | 509 | 24.18% | 1,743,452 | 11.32% | 0.65% | 2.85% | 10.88% |
| Wilkes | 261 | 13.31% | 60,032 | 3.88% | 0.82% | 17.06% | 8.61% |
| Wilson | 391 | 11.32% | 186,160 | 3.54% | 1.74% | 5.67% | 20.76% |
| Yadkin | 189 | 15.34% | 31,324 | 1.67% | 0.00% | 6.38% | 3.34% |
| Yancey | 44 | 13.64% | 13,160 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 56.41% | 0.00% |
