In 2025, fire departments serving Yukon responded to 179 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1.0M 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 44% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
941 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $3.6M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 222 | — | |
| 2022 | 188 | -15.3% | |
| 2023 | 181 | -3.7% | |
| 2024 | 171 | -5.5% | |
| 2025 | 179 | +4.7% |
For the 10 building fires Yukon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 312 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 | 62 | 19.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 40 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 24 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 21 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Other | 16 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 71 | 22.8% |
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 Yukon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 126 | 40.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 29 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 16 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 15 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Lightning | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 40 | 12.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Yukon departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 96% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $80,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $35,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Yukon sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 105,068 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26,000 | 9.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,954 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,600 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,766 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,500 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,840 | 28.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,475 | 24.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,250 | 27.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,000 | 46.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Firearms and explosives use | 3,000 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,950 | 22.6 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 Yukon. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Yukon.
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.