In 2025, fire departments serving Marysville responded to 27 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 48% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
187 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $7K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 37 | — | |
| 2022 | 49 | +32.4% | |
| 2023 | 32 | -34.7% | |
| 2024 | 42 | +31.2% | |
| 2025 | 27 | -35.7% |
For the 1 building fires Marysville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 84 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 | 32.1% | |
| 2 | Other | 7 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 7 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 20 | 23.8% |
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 Marysville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 7 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 9.5% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Marysville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 77,251 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 | 8,000 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,000 | 33.3 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,500 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,289 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,278 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,800 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,000 | 24.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,500 | 43.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,000 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,490 | 43.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,288 | 11.5 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Kansas cities with population within ±25% of Marysville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Marysville.
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.