In 2025, fire departments serving Keeseville responded to 17 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 100% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
76 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 23 | — | |
| 2023 | 15 | -34.8% | |
| 2024 | 20 | +33.3% | |
| 2025 | 17 | -15.0% |
* Well below Keeseville'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 Keeseville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Keeseville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 16.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Keeseville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 2,389 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Recreation and ceremony | 547 | 26.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 330 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 121 | 45.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 117 | 47.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Smoking | 106 | 31.3 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 92 | 27.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 82 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 80 | 3.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 77 | 19.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Smoking | 75 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 65 | 36.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 60 | 46.5 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 | 12944 | 76 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Keeseville. 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.