In 2025, fire departments serving Sapulpa responded to 372 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 56% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
1,422 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $3.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 235 | — | |
| 2022 | 307 | +30.6% | |
| 2023 | 312 | +1.6% | |
| 2024 | 196 | -37.2% | |
| 2025 | 372 | +89.8% |
For the 29 building fires Sapulpa departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 530 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 | 143 | 27.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 73 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 63 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 40 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 20 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 16 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Other | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 14 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 106 | 20.0% |
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 Sapulpa mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 350 | 66.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 27 | 5.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 3.0% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 9 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 48 | 9.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Sapulpa departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 63% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $110,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $100,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $55,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sapulpa sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 301,396 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Smoking | 58,501 | 19.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 21,860 | 31.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 17,683 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 16,423 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 14,910 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,000 | 31.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 11,382 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 11,258 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10,816 | 22.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10,216 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,636 | 24.5 mi | |
| 2005 | Debris and open burning | 9,429 | 47.9 mi |
Top 9 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 Sapulpa. 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.