In 2025, fire departments serving Cole Camp responded to 21 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
142 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $56K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 31 | — | |
| 2022 | 29 | -6.5% | |
| 2023 | 40 | +37.9% | |
| 2024 | 21 | -47.5% | |
| 2025 | 21 | +0.0% |
For the 1 building fires Cole Camp departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 51 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 51.0% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 3 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 3 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 5.9% |
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 Cole Camp mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 15 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 15 | 29.4% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 17.6% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 2.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cole Camp sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 28,661 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,500 | 42.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,082 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,855 | 43.1 mi | |
| 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2,245 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,803 | 25.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,654 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,129 | 30.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,017 | 45.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 943 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 789 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 759 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 745 | 22.9 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 65325 | 142 |
Six Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Cole Camp. 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.