In 2025, fire departments serving Asotin responded to 13 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
67 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $100K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | 20 | +11.1% | |
| 2024* | 8 | — | |
| 2025 | 13 | — |
* Well below Asotin's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 1 building fires Asotin departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 18 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 4 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 5.6% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Asotin mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 27.8% | |
| 2 | Lightning | 4 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 3 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 1 | 5.6% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Asotin sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 694,296 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Natural | 80,212 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 73,582 | 24.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 65,200 | 27.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 64,510 | 28.2 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 56,319 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 52,000 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 51,000 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 48,567 | 25.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 32,967 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 21,640 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 18,177 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,420 | 8.4 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Washington cities with population within ±25% of Asotin. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 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. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.