In 2025, fire departments serving Apache County responded to 192 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $550K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
May peaks. Nov dips.
1,273 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 237 | |
| 2022 | 299 | |
| 2023 | 273 | |
| 2024 | 272 | |
| 2025 | 192 |
For the 13 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Apache County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 95% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $550,000 | Town of Springervill | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Eagar | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $80,000 | Concho | Grass fire | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Saint Johns | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Eagar | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Springerville | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Springerville | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Town of Eagar | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $25,000 | Saint Johns | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant |
| 10 | $25,000 | City of Saint Johns | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 04001.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Eagar | 4,425 | View › |
| Chinle | 3,888 | View › |
| Fort Defiance | 3,528 | View › |
| St. Johns | 3,419 | View › |
| Window Rock | 2,056 | View › |
| Springerville | 2,006 | View › |
| Lukachukai | 1,706 | View › |
| Tsaile | 1,482 | View › |
| McNary | 980 | View › |
| Teec Nos Pos | 884 | View › |
| Sawmill | 794 | View › |
| Houck | 777 | View › |
3 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodeo-Chediski | 2002 | USFS | 460,563 |
| 2 | Horseshoe 2 | 2011 | NPS | 222,989 |
| 3 | Bush | 2020 | USFS | 193,603 |
| 4 | Telegraph | 2021 | USFS | 180,756 |
| 5 | Woodbury Fire | 2019 | NPS | 123,973 |
| 6 | Woodbury | 2019 | USFS | 123,832 |
| 7 | BIGHORN | 2020 | USFS | 119,634 |
| 8 | Rafael | 2021 | USFS | 78,064 |
| 9 | MESCAL | 2021 | BLM | 72,250 |
| 10 | MANGUM | 2020 | USFS | 71,484 |
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.