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2025 County Report

Fires in Chouteau County, MT

In 2025, fire departments serving Chouteau County responded to 0 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

4,245 residents FIPS 30015 26 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
0
26 across 5 years
Building fires
0
0 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Chouteau County

26 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 2
2022 3
2023 0
2024 21
2025 0
06 How Chouteau County compares

Chouteau County vs MT vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Chouteau County
0
MT avg
7.52
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Chouteau County
0
MT avg
0.62
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Chouteau County
0
MT avg
5.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Chouteau County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 30015.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Chouteau County

8 departments report from this county.

Fort Benton VFD
fort benton
FDID 19001 0 incidents
Big Sandy VFD
—
FDID 19003 0 incidents
Loma VFC
—
FDID 19012 0 incidents 1 vol
Shonkin VFC
—
FDID 19021 0 incidents
Carter VFC
Carter
FDID 19031 0 incidents 25 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in MT

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Lodgepole Complex 2017 BLM 271,420
2 Derby 2006 USFS 207,237
3 Rice Ridge 2017 USFS 160,001
4 Pine Ridge Complex 2006 BLM 114,655
5 Dunn Mountain 2008 BLM 102,324
6 SartinDraw 2017 USFS 99,713
7 TaylorCreek 2012 USFS 62,148
8 Trail Creek 2021 USFS 62,012
9 Stag 2000 USFS 61,727
10 StormCreek 1988 USFS 58,721

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.