In 2025, fire departments serving Cass County responded to 1,082 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
3,407 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 478 | |
| 2022 | 590 | |
| 2023 | 618 | |
| 2024 | 639 | |
| 2025 | 1,082 |
For the 148 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Cass County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 73% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | City of Belton | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | HARRISONVILLE | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $185,000 | City of Pleasant Hil | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $125,000 | City of Belton | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Peculiar | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $103,000 | Cleveland | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Raymore | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | City of Belton | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $100,000 | Peculiar | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | City of Pleasant Hil | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 29037.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Belton | 24,241 | View › |
| Raymore | 23,232 | View › |
| Harrisonville | 10,024 | View › |
| Pleasant Hill | 8,822 | View › |
| Peculiar | 5,675 | View › |
| Garden City | 1,711 | View › |
| Archie | 1,292 | View › |
| Lake Winnebago | 1,263 | View › |
| Drexel | 983 | View › |
| Cleveland | 923 | View › |
| Loch Lloyd | 783 | View › |
| Freeman | 560 | View › |
8 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 | Minninghaw | 2011 | USFS | 4,762 |
| 2 | Mud Pond | 2011 | USFS | 3,520 |
| 3 | Willie | 2020 | USFS | 2,472 |
| 4 | 23 Thorny Creek BIL RX | 2023 | NPS | 2,223 |
| 5 | Carty | 2015 | USFS | 2,145 |
| 6 | Swan Creek | 2019 | USFS | 2,119 |
| 7 | Rozell | 2018 | USFS | 2,102 |
| 8 | Devreaux | 2023 | USFS | 2,028 |
| 9 | Liberty | 2012 | USFS | 1,623 |
| 10 | Sugar | 2024 | USFS | 1,611 |
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.