In 2025, fire departments serving Manson responded to 41 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
220 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $304K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 60 | — | |
| 2022 | 38 | -36.7% | |
| 2023 | 39 | +2.6% | |
| 2024 | 42 | +7.7% | |
| 2025 | 41 | -2.4% |
For the 1 building fires Manson departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 72 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 | 27 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 4 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Structural area, other | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 10 | 13.9% |
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 Manson mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 15 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 13 | 18.1% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Match | 5 | 6.9% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 2 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 15.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Manson departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Manson sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,747,734 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Natural | 255,575 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 223,731 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 189,923 | 45.2 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 140,000 | 8.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 113,011 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 88,483 | 7.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80,053 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 76,817 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 65,621 | 33.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 55,913 | 27.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 52,711 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 43,874 | 48.1 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Washington cities with population within ±25% of Manson. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Manson.
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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.