In 2025, fire departments serving Muldrow responded to 87 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $65K 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 82% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
628 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $994K cumulative property loss. 6 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 127 | — | |
| 2022 | 162 | +27.6% | |
| 2023 | 131 | -19.1% | |
| 2024 | 121 | -7.6% | |
| 2025 | 87 | -28.1% |
For the 16 building fires Muldrow departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 298 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 | 104 | 34.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 92 | 30.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 25 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 10 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 4 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 21 | 7.0% |
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 Muldrow mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 161 | 54.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 53 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Incendiary device | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 14 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 1.3% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 1.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 19 | 6.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Muldrow departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $65,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $45,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $25,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $1,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Muldrow sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 3 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 100,908 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,000 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,880 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,540 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,240 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,370 | 28.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,050 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,960 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,900 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,800 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,700 | 32.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,700 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,285 | 37.8 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 Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Muldrow. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
4 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Muldrow.
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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.