In 2025, fire departments serving Canton responded to 11 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 73% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
41 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | 5 | -72.2% | |
| 2024* | 4 | — | |
| 2025 | 11 | — |
* Well below Canton'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 0 building fires Canton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 3 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 | Other | 2 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 33.3% |
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 Canton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Lightning | 1 | 33.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Canton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 447,758 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 286,196 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52,790 | 25.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,497 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,100 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,520 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,530 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6,042 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 3,000 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,657 | 19.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,484 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,412 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,130 | 40.2 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Canton. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Canton.
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.