In 2025, fire departments serving Butler County responded to 1,270 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
9,197 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,801 | |
| 2022 | 1,876 | |
| 2023 | 2,462 | |
| 2024 | 1,788 | |
| 2025 | 1,270 |
For the 358 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Butler County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 74% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Butler | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | PENN TWP | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | PENN TWP | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Mars | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Cabot | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $65,000 | BUTLER | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | BUTLER | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Butler | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $50,000 | Cabot | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $50,000 | chicora | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 42019.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Cranberry | 33,164 | View › |
| Adams | 14,767 | View › |
| Butler | 13,387 | View › |
| Buffalo | 7,922 | View › |
| Homeacre-Lyndora | 6,750 | View › |
| Jefferson | 5,190 | View › |
| Shanor-Northvue | 5,147 | View › |
| Connoquenessing | 4,212 | View › |
| Meridian | 3,965 | View › |
| Zelienople | 3,870 | View › |
| Slippery Rock | 3,367 | View › |
| Winfield | 3,349 | View › |
25 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 | Hopewell | 2012 | NPS | 812 |
| 2 | Blue Mountain | 2024 | NPS | 577 |
| 3 | River Road | 2023 | USFS | 430 |
| 4 | SNYDER | 1999 | NPS | 374 |
| 5 | Town Line Church | 1984 | USFS | 207 |
| 6 | Little Round Top Munshower | 2021 | NPS | 79 |
| 7 | Sugar Bay | 2023 | USFS | 62 |
| 8 | Spring | 2003 | USFS | 53 |
| 9 | Salmon Creek | 2010 | USFS | 48 |
| 10 | BELLTOWN | 2011 | USFS | 42 |
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.