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2025 County Report

Fires in Antrim County, MI

In 2025, fire departments serving Antrim County responded to 263 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $313K property loss.

7,288 residents FIPS 26009 20 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
263
1,395 across 5 years
Building fires
33
15 wildland
Property loss
$1.2M
$799K structure · $374K contents
Casualties
2 / 0
2 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.

263
Total Incidents
Power line down 62 23.6%
Hazardous condition, other 58 22.1%
Building fires 33 12.5%
Accident, potential accident, other 31 11.8%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 12 4.6%
All other categories 67 25.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Antrim County?

Mar peaks. Oct dips.

Jan 14
Feb 21
Mar 47
Apr 26
May 33
Jun 21
Jul 24
Aug 21
Sep 18
Oct 7
Nov 13
Dec 18
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Antrim County

1,395 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 356
2022 295
2023 262
2024 219
2025 263
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 33 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
42%
15
Cause undetermined
14%
5
Intentional / arson
8%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
8%
3
Under investigation
14%
5
Act of nature (lightning)
14%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $786K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Antrim County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 98% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $313,000 Bellaire Building fires Major
2 $200,000 Ellsworth Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 Bellaire Building fires Significant
4 $40,000 Bellaire Building fires Significant
5 $34,000 Ellsworth Passenger vehicle fire Significant
6 $34,000 Ellsworth Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $25,000 Ellsworth Passenger vehicle fire Significant
8 $20,000 Ellsworth Building fires Significant
9 $10,000 KEWADIN Building fires Significant
10 $10,000 WarnerTownship of Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Antrim County compares

Antrim County vs MI vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

36.09
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Antrim County
36.09
MI avg
14.06
US avg
7.15
4.53
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Antrim County
4.53
MI avg
2.09
US avg
0.82
274.4
Civilian fire deaths per million
Antrim County
274.4
MI avg
13.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Antrim County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 26009.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Antrim County

8 departments report from this county.

Bangor Twp FD
BAY CITY MICHIGAN
FDID 00902 115 incidents 13 paid 18 vol
Central Lake FD1
Central Lake
FDID 00504 39 incidents
South Torch Lake Fire Rescue
Alden
FDID 00502 36 incidents
Banks Township FD
Ellsworth
FDID 00506 10 incidents 25 vol
Alba FD
Alba
FDID 00501 0 incidents 13 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in MI

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Brittle 2021 USFS 5,666
2 21-SLBE Lasso Loop burn 2021 NPS 577
3 21-SLBE Peterson 2021 NPS 512
4 21-SLBE Otter Creek burn 2021 NPS 506
5 Horn 2021 NPS 485
6 Unhappy Camper 2015 USFS 471
7 21-SLBE Bass Lake burn 2021 NPS 405
8 Good Harbor Trail RX 2023 NPS 342
9 Summit Lake 2024 USFS 327
10 MISNR-FY19-RX-Red Pine Natural Area 2019 FWS 172

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.