In 2025, fire departments serving Crescent responded to 49 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 78% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
324 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.7M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 25 | — | |
| 2022 | 76 | — | |
| 2023 | 77 | +1.3% | |
| 2024 | 97 | +26.0% | |
| 2025 | 49 | -49.5% |
* Well below Crescent'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 8 building fires Crescent departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 191 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 | 99 | 51.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 28 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 13 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 9 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 17 | 8.9% |
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 Crescent mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 72 | 37.7% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 15 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 13 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Lightning | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 20 | 10.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Crescent departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $3,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Crescent sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 89,129 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26,000 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,600 | 15.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,887 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,840 | 14.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,475 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,250 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 3,000 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,950 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,621 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,484 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,412 | 32.9 mi |
Top 4 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 Crescent. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Crescent.
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.