In 2025, fire departments serving Leedey responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
44 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $592K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | 11 | -8.3% | |
| 2024 | 8 | -27.3% | |
| 2025 | 12 | +50.0% |
* Well below Leedey'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 Leedey departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 24 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 | 17 | 70.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 5 | 20.8% | |
| 3 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 4.2% |
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 Leedey mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 4 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 4.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Leedey sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 662,117 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 286,196 | 7.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62,481 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57,167 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52,790 | 21.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,497 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,611 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,488 | 42.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21,400 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,100 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13,072 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,275 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7,257 | 34.3 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 | 73654 | 44 |
Six Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Leedey. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Leedey.
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.