In 2025, fire departments serving Pardeeville responded to 40 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $120K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
206 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | 37 | — | |
| 2023 | 92 | +148.6% | |
| 2024* | 17 | — | |
| 2025 | 40 | — |
* Well below Pardeeville'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 Pardeeville 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 | Other | 11 | 25.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 6 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Entrance way, lobby | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 18.6% |
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 Pardeeville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 27.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 8 | 18.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 18.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Arcing | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 4.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Pardeeville departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $120,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Pardeeville sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,678 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 3,410 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,100 | 30.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,015 | 30.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 829 | 29.7 mi | |
| 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 630 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Debris and open burning | 612 | 26.0 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 572 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 508 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 500 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 484 | 5.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 400 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 364 | 30.6 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Wisconsin cities with population within ±25% of Pardeeville. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Pardeeville.
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.