In 2025, fire departments serving Kingfisher responded to 63 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $600K 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 44% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
408 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $4.3M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 67 | — | |
| 2022 | 129 | +92.5% | |
| 2023 | 63 | -51.2% | |
| 2024 | 86 | +36.5% | |
| 2025 | 63 | -26.7% |
For the 1 building fires Kingfisher departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 122 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 | Outside area, other | 27 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 22 | 18.0% | |
| 3 | Other | 12 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 6 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 26 | 21.3% |
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 Kingfisher mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 63 | 51.6% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 9 | 7.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Kingfisher departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $25,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $4,500 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $300 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Kingfisher sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 94,116 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 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,520 | 48.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,600 | 35.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6,042 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,840 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,475 | 43.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,250 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 3,000 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,950 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,621 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,484 | 27.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,412 | 14.1 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 Kingfisher. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Kingfisher.
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.