In 2025, fire departments serving Tigerton responded to 26 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 81% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
79 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $389K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | +45.5% | |
| 2023 | 16 | +0.0% | |
| 2024 | 10 | -37.5% | |
| 2025 | 26 | +160.0% |
For the 13 building fires Tigerton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 17 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 | 6 | 35.3% | |
| 2 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 5.9% |
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 Tigerton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 35.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 23.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Lightning | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Tigerton departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Tigerton sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 4,126 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 385 | 40.7 mi | |
| 2015 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 366 | 40.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 320 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 320 | 40.7 mi | |
| 1997 | Debris and open burning | 300 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 275 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 262 | 44.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Smoking | 187 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 170 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 153 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 133 | 29.4 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 123 | 46.3 mi |
Top 3 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 Tigerton. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Tigerton.
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.