In 2025, fire departments serving Manistique responded to 29 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 62% of all calls.
May peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
133 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $747K cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 23 | — | |
| 2022* | 15 | — | |
| 2023 | 24 | — | |
| 2024 | 42 | +75.0% | |
| 2025 | 29 | -31.0% |
* Well below Manistique'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 7 building fires Manistique departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 36 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 | Other | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | Undetermined | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 30.6% |
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 Manistique mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 6 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Incendiary device | 1 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 3 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Manistique departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,500 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Manistique sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 5,481 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Natural | 3,400 | 26.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 900 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 127 | 35.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 | 33.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 84 | 38.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 63 | 35.8 mi | |
| 1992 | Debris and open burning | 62 | 35.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 61 | 10.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 47 | 35.5 mi | |
| 1995 | Debris and open burning | 46 | 10.2 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 45 | 44.4 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 | 49854 | 133 |
Six Michigan cities with population within ±25% of Manistique. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
4 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Manistique.
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.