In 2025, fire departments serving Morgan responded to 59 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
May peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
279 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.5M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 76 | — | |
| 2022 | 51 | -32.9% | |
| 2023 | 68 | +33.3% | |
| 2024* | 25 | — | |
| 2025 | 59 | — |
* Well below Morgan'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 2 building fires Morgan departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 43 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 32.6% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 20.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 6 | 14.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Closet | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 11.6% |
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 Morgan mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 39.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 4 | 9.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Morgan departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $10,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Morgan sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 163,453 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 29.3 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 14,208 | 46.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 10,500 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,000 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 7,828 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 6,848 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,403 | 46.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,000 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 5,766 | 44.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 5,500 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5,261 | 47.5 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 | 84050 | 279 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Morgan. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Morgan.
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.