In 2025, fire departments serving Mount Morris responded to 38 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
52 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023 | 8 | — | |
| 2024* | 3 | — | |
| 2025 | 38 | — |
* Well below Mount Morris'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 Mount Morris departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mount Morris sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,294 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 150 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Smoking | 145 | 44.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 130 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 88 | 9.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 60 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52 | 38.4 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 50 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48 | 12.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 | 23.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Smoking | 43 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 43 | 34.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Debris and open burning | 42 | 9.3 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 | 14510 | 50 |
Six New York cities with population within ±25% of Mount Morris. 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.