Georgia County Rankings

Georgia/County rankings

Fire deaths 2017-2018

Georgia's 159 counties are ranked by the Overall Fireground Index — a normalization of the civilian fire-death rate (Georgia State Fire Marshal counts per Census population), the one metric comparable across every county. Data confidence flags counties where small counts or sparse public reporting make the profile less certain; it is never folded into the score.

Georgia counties ranked by Overall Fireground Index, with fire-death rate, five-year deaths, and data confidence.
Rank	County	Index	Fire-death rate	Deaths (5yr)	Confidence
1	Atkinson County8,435 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
2	Bacon County11,045 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
3	Baker County2,732 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
4	Banks County20,318 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
5	Ben Hill County16,945 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
6	Calhoun County5,441 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
7	Candler County11,130 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
8	Charlton County13,021 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
9	Chattahoochee County8,548 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
10	Clay County2,815 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
11	Echols County3,698 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
12	Evans County10,869 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
13	Fayette County125,107 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
14	Franklin County25,208 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
15	Gilmer County33,327 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
16	Glascock County3,008 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
17	Grady County26,271 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
18	Greene County21,091 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
19	Jenkins County8,836 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
20	Johnson County9,178 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
21	Jones County29,047 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
22	Lamar County20,690 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
23	Long County20,439 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
24	Marion County7,635 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
25	McDuffie County21,764 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
26	Oconee County44,751 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
27	Paulding County188,549 pop.	63	0.11	1	moderate
28	Pierce County20,669 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
29	Rockdale County97,610 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
30	Schley County4,503 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
31	Screven County14,325 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
32	Stewart County4,809 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
33	Sumter County28,972 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
34	Toombs County27,488 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
35	Turner County9,023 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
36	Wheeler County7,076 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
37	Wilkes County9,567 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
38	Wilkinson County8,667 pop.	63	0.00	0	limited
39	Cobb County787,538 pop.	62	0.20	8	moderate
40	Coweta County158,233 pop.	62	0.25	2	moderate
41	Forsyth County280,096 pop.	62	0.21	3	moderate
42	Henry County259,315 pop.	62	0.23	3	moderate
43	Catoosa County68,940 pop.	61	0.29	1	moderate
44	Cherokee County293,513 pop.	61	0.27	4	moderate
45	Clayton County297,703 pop.	61	0.27	4	moderate
46	Floyd County101,390 pop.	61	0.39	2	moderate
47	Fulton County1,090,354 pop.	61	0.31	17	moderate
48	DeKalb County770,307 pop.	60	0.44	17	moderate
49	Murray County41,316 pop.	60	0.48	1	moderate
50	Thomas County46,054 pop.	60	0.43	1	moderate
51	Columbia County167,472 pop.	59	0.60	5	moderate
52	Dawson County33,748 pop.	59	0.59	1	moderate
53	Effingham County73,148 pop.	59	0.55	2	moderate
54	Gwinnett County1,003,869 pop.	59	0.60	30	moderate
55	Lumpkin County36,016 pop.	59	0.56	1	moderate
56	Newton County124,010 pop.	59	0.65	4	moderate
57	Peach County29,213 pop.	59	0.68	1	moderate
58	Wayne County32,132 pop.	59	0.62	1	moderate
59	Bryan County51,105 pop.	58	0.78	2	moderate
60	Chattooga County25,306 pop.	58	0.79	1	moderate
61	Hall County221,745 pop.	58	0.81	9	moderate
62	Walton County109,792 pop.	58	0.73	4	moderate
63	Bulloch County85,454 pop.	57	0.94	4	moderate
64	Coffee County43,851 pop.	57	0.91	2	moderate
65	Houston County174,897 pop.	57	0.91	8	moderate
66	Liberty County68,607 pop.	57	0.87	3	moderate
67	Morgan County21,940 pop.	57	0.91	1	moderate
68	Putnam County23,383 pop.	57	0.86	1	moderate
69	Tift County41,708 pop.	57	0.96	2	moderate
70	Barrow County96,294 pop.	56	1.04	5	moderate
71	Camden County59,099 pop.	56	1.02	3	moderate
72	Carroll County129,911 pop.	56	1.08	7	moderate
73	Clarke County129,995 pop.	56	1.08	7	moderate
74	Harris County36,929 pop.	56	1.08	2	moderate
75	Jackson County93,825 pop.	56	1.07	5	moderate
76	Muscogee County201,830 pop.	56	0.99	10	moderate
77	Ware County36,222 pop.	56	1.10	2	moderate
78	Worth County20,262 pop.	56	0.99	1	moderate
79	Brooks County16,344 pop.	55	1.22	1	moderate
80	Douglas County151,887 pop.	55	1.19	9	moderate
81	Glynn County86,540 pop.	55	1.16	5	moderate
82	Jasper County17,219 pop.	55	1.16	1	moderate
83	Lee County34,073 pop.	55	1.17	2	moderate
84	Oglethorpe County16,172 pop.	55	1.24	1	moderate
85	Richmond County206,303 pop.	55	1.16	12	moderate
86	Baldwin County43,644 pop.	54	1.37	3	moderate
87	Bibb County157,056 pop.	54	1.40	11	moderate
88	Colquitt County46,977 pop.	54	1.28	3	moderate
89	Jeff Davis County15,119 pop.	54	1.32	1	moderate
90	Lowndes County122,082 pop.	54	1.31	8	moderate
91	Troup County71,513 pop.	54	1.40	5	moderate
92	Whitfield County105,070 pop.	54	1.33	7	moderate
93	Chatham County307,336 pop.	53	1.50	23	moderate
94	Spalding County70,292 pop.	53	1.42	5	moderate
95	Gordon County60,765 pop.	52	1.65	5	moderate
96	Pickens County36,580 pop.	52	1.64	3	moderate
97	Dooly County11,186 pop.	51	1.79	1	moderate
98	Madison County32,771 pop.	51	1.83	3	moderate
99	Telfair County11,000 pop.	51	1.82	1	moderate
100	Dougherty County82,418 pop.	50	1.94	8	moderate
101	Haralson County32,404 pop.	50	1.85	3	moderate
102	Lanier County10,464 pop.	50	1.91	1	moderate
103	Pike County20,669 pop.	50	1.94	2	moderate
104	Dodge County19,630 pop.	49	2.04	2	moderate
105	Elbert County20,152 pop.	49	1.98	2	moderate
106	Habersham County49,665 pop.	49	2.01	5	moderate
107	Laurens County50,287 pop.	49	1.99	5	moderate
108	Upson County28,358 pop.	49	2.12	3	moderate
109	White County29,668 pop.	49	2.02	3	moderate
110	Brantley County18,795 pop.	48	2.13	2	moderate
111	Cook County17,984 pop.	48	2.22	2	moderate
112	Hart County28,052 pop.	48	2.14	3	moderate
113	Irwin County9,155 pop.	48	2.18	1	moderate
114	Union County27,601 pop.	48	2.17	3	moderate
115	Wilcox County8,904 pop.	48	2.25	1	moderate
116	Montgomery County8,566 pop.	47	2.33	1	moderate
117	Bartow County117,508 pop.	46	2.55	15	moderate
118	Dade County16,068 pop.	46	2.49	2	moderate
119	Lincoln County8,049 pop.	46	2.48	1	moderate
120	Tattnall County24,275 pop.	46	2.47	3	moderate
121	Polk County44,610 pop.	45	2.69	6	moderate
122	Taylor County7,783 pop.	45	2.57	1	moderate
123	Twiggs County7,728 pop.	45	2.59	1	moderate
124	Meriwether County21,439 pop.	44	2.80	3	moderate
125	Butts County27,127 pop.	43	2.95	4	moderate
126	Mitchell County20,329 pop.	43	2.95	3	moderate
127	Stephens County27,498 pop.	43	2.91	4	moderate
128	Walker County69,340 pop.	43	2.88	10	moderate
129	Crisp County19,468 pop.	42	3.08	3	moderate
130	Fannin County25,854 pop.	42	3.09	4	moderate
131	Towns County13,184 pop.	42	3.03	2	moderate
132	Treutlen County6,420 pop.	42	3.12	1	moderate
133	Berrien County18,666 pop.	41	3.21	3	moderate
134	Crawford County12,349 pop.	41	3.24	2	moderate
135	Burke County24,472 pop.	40	3.27	4	moderate
136	Decatur County29,391 pop.	40	3.40	5	moderate
137	Randolph County6,085 pop.	40	3.29	1	moderate
138	Emanuel County23,224 pop.	39	3.44	4	moderate
139	Miller County5,824 pop.	39	3.43	1	moderate
140	Early County10,444 pop.	37	3.83	2	moderate
141	Pulaski County10,180 pop.	36	3.93	2	moderate
142	Appling County18,669 pop.	33	4.29	4	moderate
143	Seminole County9,274 pop.	33	4.31	2	moderate
144	Monroe County31,437 pop.	32	4.45	7	moderate
145	Rabun County17,711 pop.	32	4.52	4	moderate
146	Hancock County8,683 pop.	31	4.61	2	moderate
147	Terrell County8,698 pop.	31	4.60	2	moderate
148	Bleckley County12,626 pop.	30	4.75	3	moderate
149	Washington County19,834 pop.	21	6.05	6	moderate
150	Heard County12,119 pop.	17	6.60	4	moderate
151	Macon County11,831 pop.	16	6.76	4	moderate
152	McIntosh County11,800 pop.	16	6.78	4	moderate
153	Talbot County5,755 pop.	15	6.95	2	moderate
154	Jefferson County15,019 pop.	8	7.99	6	moderate
155	Webster County2,315 pop.	3	8.64	1	moderate
156	Clinch County6,871 pop.	2	8.73	3	moderate
157	Quitman County2,323 pop.	0	17.22	2	moderate
158	Taliaferro County1,620 pop.	0	12.35	1	moderate
159	Warren County5,148 pop.	0	15.54	4	moderate

Counties are ranked only against one another. A low fire-death count in a small county produces a high score but a limited confidence flag — the uncertainty is shown, not hidden. See the methodology and data sources.