In 2025, fire departments serving Logan responded to 40 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $282K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.
Mar peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
154 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.4M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 38 | — | |
| 2023 | 29 | -23.7% | |
| 2024 | 30 | +3.4% | |
| 2025 | 40 | +33.3% |
* Well below Logan'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 9 building fires Logan departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 39 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 28.2% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Structural area, other | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Closet | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 17.9% |
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 Logan mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Match | 6 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 3 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Sunlight | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 5.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Logan departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $282,450 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $3,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Logan sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 15,368 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 | 4,000 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1,100 | 35.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Smoking | 800 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 715 | 15.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Fireworks | 680 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 650 | 46.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 600 | 45.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Smoking | 582 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 480 | 27.8 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 | 51546 | 154 |
Six Iowa cities with population within ±25% of Logan. 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.