In 2025, fire departments serving Carney responded to 16 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 69% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
75 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $130K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | 17 | +70.0% | |
| 2024 | 25 | +47.1% | |
| 2025 | 16 | -36.0% |
* Well below Carney'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 Carney departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 40 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 | 14 | 35.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 22.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Undetermined | 1 | 2.5% |
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 Carney mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 6 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 5 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Match | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 2 | 5.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 15.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Carney sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 238,624 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Smoking | 58,501 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26,000 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 16,423 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9,429 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,954 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8,792 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,600 | 27.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,500 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,722 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,887 | 24.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,730 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,580 | 21.1 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 Carney. 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.