In 2025, fire departments serving Woodburn responded to 37 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
108 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 19 | +11.8% | |
| 2023* | 2 | — | |
| 2024 | 33 | — | |
| 2025 | 37 | +12.1% |
* Well below Woodburn'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 2 building fires Woodburn departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 35 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 | 14 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Wall assembly | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 2 | 5.7% |
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 Woodburn mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 23 | 65.7% | |
| 2 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Woodburn departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $87,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $60,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $19,500 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodburn sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 9 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 372 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 154 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 58 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 10.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 35 | 18.6 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Debris and open burning | 20 | 19.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Debris and open burning | 10 | 37.3 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 46797 | 108 |
Six Indiana cities with population within ±25% of Woodburn. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Woodburn.
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.