In 2025, fire departments serving Skiatook responded to 123 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1K 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 50% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
690 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $189K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 123 | — | |
| 2022 | 185 | +50.4% | |
| 2023 | 164 | -11.4% | |
| 2024 | 95 | -42.1% | |
| 2025 | 123 | +29.5% |
For the 9 building fires Skiatook departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 409 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 | 106 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 68 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 43 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 32 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 22 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 9 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 58 | 14.2% |
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 Skiatook mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 192 | 46.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 35 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 24 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 18 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 12 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 62 | 15.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Skiatook departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Skiatook sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 308,601 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 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,787 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20,307 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 17,683 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 14,910 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 14,000 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 12,468 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 11,382 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 11,258 | 20.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10,816 | 17.8 mi | |
| 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10,216 | 18.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,636 | 17.5 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 Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Skiatook. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
4 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Skiatook.
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.