In 2025, fire departments serving Mooreland responded to 36 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 67% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
222 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $300K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | 102 | — | |
| 2023* | 22 | — | |
| 2024 | 42 | — | |
| 2025 | 36 | -14.3% |
* Well below Mooreland'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 0 building fires Mooreland departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 144 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 | 32 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 25 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 22 | 15.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 13 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 7.6% |
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 Mooreland mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 89 | 61.8% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 7 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 10 | Lightning | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 7.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mooreland departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mooreland sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,185,841 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 367,740 | 34.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 286,196 | 40.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,000 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69,396 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62,481 | 11.8 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57,167 | 9.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52,790 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44,234 | 20.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,497 | 21.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23,488 | 7.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,100 | 5.2 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 | 73852 | 222 |
Six Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Mooreland. 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.