In 2025, fire departments serving Cortlandville responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Oct peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
238 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 45 | — | |
| 2022 | 62 | +37.8% | |
| 2023 | 81 | +30.6% | |
| 2024* | 20 | — | |
| 2025 | 30 | — |
* Well below Cortlandville'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 Cortlandville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1 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 | Undetermined | 1 | 100.0% |
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 Cortlandville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 1 | 100.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cortlandville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,599 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 694 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 35.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 85 | 39.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 53 | 33.8 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 33.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 49 | 5.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 27.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 40 | 27.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 37 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2010 | Debris and open burning | 31 | 12.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 30 | 47.9 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 | 13045 | 238 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Cortlandville. 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.