In 2025, fire departments serving Keego Harbor responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.
May peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
96 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $412K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | 15 | -31.8% | |
| 2023 | 23 | +53.3% | |
| 2024 | 19 | -17.4% | |
| 2025 | 17 | -10.5% |
For the 1 building fires Keego Harbor departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 20 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Closet | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Awning | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 10 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 5.0% |
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 Keego Harbor mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 4 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 5.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Keego Harbor departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Keego Harbor sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,804 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 300 | 41.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 143 | 38.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 142 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 | 30.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Debris and open burning | 98 | 47.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 80 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 77 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 70 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Smoking | 64 | 36.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 47.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 53 | 41.7 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 | 48320 | 96 |
Six Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Keego Harbor. 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.