In 2025, fire departments serving Weatherford responded to 90 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
301 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $701K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 111 | — | |
| 2022 | 38 | -65.8% | |
| 2023 | 46 | +21.1% | |
| 2024* | 16 | — | |
| 2025 | 90 | — |
* Well below Weatherford'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 4 building fires Weatherford departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 103 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 25.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 8 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 20 | 19.4% |
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 Weatherford mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 52 | 50.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 4 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 12 | 11.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Weatherford departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 93% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $25,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $20,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $18,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Weatherford sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 423,983 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 286,196 | 36.6 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 52,790 | 27.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41,497 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,530 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 3,000 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,000 | 31.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,950 | 32.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2,657 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2,484 | 30.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,412 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,920 | 23.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,750 | 35.6 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 Oklahoma cities with population within ±25% of Weatherford. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Weatherford.
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.