In 2025, fire departments serving Willard responded to 18 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 95% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
46 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $5K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 11 | — | |
| 2022 | 6 | -45.5% | |
| 2023* | 3 | — | |
| 2024 | 8 | — | |
| 2025 | 18 | +125.0% |
* Well below Willard'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 Willard departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 16 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 18.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 1 | 6.2% |
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 Willard mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 31.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 4 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Match | 1 | 6.2% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Willard sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 258,797 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Natural | 40,000 | 25.1 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 31,395 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 20,616 | 36.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 33.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 15,046 | 35.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 11,200 | 37.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 10,500 | 38.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 9,674 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,000 | 46.4 mi | |
| 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,680 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 6,848 | 49.9 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 Utah cities with population within ±25% of Willard. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Willard.
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.