In 2025, fire departments serving Haskell responded to 49 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
178 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | 67 | +148.1% | |
| 2023* | 10 | — | |
| 2024 | 25 | — | |
| 2025 | 49 | +96.0% |
* Well below Haskell'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 2 building fires Haskell departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 101 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 | 25.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 25 | 24.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 19 | 18.8% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 10 | 9.9% |
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 Haskell mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 65.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 8 | 7.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Incendiary device | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 1 | 1.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 1.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Haskell sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 255,904 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 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 21,860 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,000 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,000 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,880 | 31.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10,816 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,636 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,080 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8,792 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,500 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 8,080 | 11.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,722 | 29.1 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 | 74436 | 177 |
Six Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Haskell. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Haskell.
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.