In 2025, fire departments serving Seligman responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
63 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $323K cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022* | 3 | — | |
| 2023 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | 35 | +337.5% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -57.1% |
* Well below Seligman'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 6 building fires Seligman departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 25 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 | 5 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 7 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 10 | Office | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 8.0% |
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 Seligman mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 56.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Sunlight | 1 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 4.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Seligman departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Seligman sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 20,253 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,580 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Debris and open burning | 1,300 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,000 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 994 | 31.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 903 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 876 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 875 | 24.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 850 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 843 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 800 | 46.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 774 | 46.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 750 | 48.2 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 Missouri cities with population within ±25% of Seligman. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Seligman.
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.