In 2025, fire departments serving Davenport responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $315K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 94% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
106 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $2.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 27 | — | |
| 2023 | 22 | -18.5% | |
| 2024 | 39 | +77.3% | |
| 2025 | 17 | -56.4% |
* Well below Davenport'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 1 building fires Davenport departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 54 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 | 22 | 40.7% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Other | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 9.3% |
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 Davenport mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 19 | 35.2% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Lightning | 5 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | Arcing | 2 | 3.7% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 1.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Davenport departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $315,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Davenport sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 504,022 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 127,430 | 6.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Arson/incendiarism | 64,007 | 23.3 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 44,446 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Firearms and explosives use | 26,805 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 23,324 | 23.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 20,080 | 30.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,090 | 13.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,005 | 46.8 mi | |
| 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 18,120 | 27.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18,117 | 12.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15,269 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,513 | 48.2 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Washington cities with population within ±25% of Davenport. 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.