In 2025, fire departments serving McLoud responded to 75 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $75K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
275 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $463K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 113 | — | |
| 2022 | 45 | -60.2% | |
| 2023* | 27 | — | |
| 2024* | 15 | — | |
| 2025 | 75 | — |
* Well below McLoud'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 4 building fires McLoud departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 158 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 | Undetermined | 45 | 28.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 37 | 23.4% | |
| 3 | Other | 18 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 14 | 8.9% |
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 McLoud mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 101 | 63.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 15 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 0.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 4.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by McLoud departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $60,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. McLoud sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 166,656 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 | 26,000 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 16,423 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,600 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9,429 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,954 | 14.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,600 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,766 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,580 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 19.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6,152 | 45.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,122 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,760 | 32.7 mi |
Top 9 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of McLoud. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in McLoud.
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.