In 2025, fire departments serving Satsop responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Natural vegetation fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
95 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $412K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | -37.9% | |
| 2023* | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | 23 | — | |
| 2025 | 14 | -39.1% |
* Well below Satsop'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 1 building fires Satsop departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 39 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 | Outside area, other | 12 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 3 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 7.7% |
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 Satsop mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 11 | 28.2% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 12.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Match | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 2.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Satsop departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Satsop sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 13,426 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3,312 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 2,815 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,243 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Fireworks | 1,100 | 34.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 817 | 47.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 594 | 26.8 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 385 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 384 | 25.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 299 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 294 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 268 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 229 | 11.2 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Washington cities with population within ±25% of Satsop. 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.