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2025 County Report

Fires in Clearfield County, PA

In 2025, fire departments serving Clearfield County responded to 402 fire and hazmat incidents.

77,586 residents FIPS 42033 155 cities · 26 fire depts
Total incidents
402
6,443 across 5 years
Building fires
117
48 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 70% of all calls.

402
Total Incidents
Building fires 117 29.1%
Power line down 77 19.2%
Hazardous condition, other 43 10.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 22 5.5%
Passenger vehicle fire 21 5.2%
All other categories 122 30.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Clearfield County?

Mar peaks. Oct dips.

Jan 35
Feb 14
Mar 101
Apr 66
May 39
Jun 25
Jul 82
Aug 12
Sep 28
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Clearfield County

6,443 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 1,595
2022 1,788
2023 1,617
2024 1,041
2025 402
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 117 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
54%
31
Cause undetermined
11%
6
Intentional / arson
4%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
18%
10
Under investigation
9%
5
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
3
06 How Clearfield County compares

Clearfield County vs PA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5.18
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Clearfield County
5.18
PA avg
6.48
US avg
7.15
1.51
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Clearfield County
1.51
PA avg
1.39
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Clearfield County
0
PA avg
6.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Clearfield County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 42033.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Clearfield County

26 departments report from this county.

Westover
Westover
FDID 17045 37 incidents 25 vol
DuBois City Fire Department
DuBois
FDID 17200 34 incidents
Houtzdale Vol Fire Co No1
Houtzdale
FDID 17023 33 incidents 35 vol
Clearfield VolunteerFire Depar
Clearfield
FDID 17100 33 incidents 100 vol
Lawrence Township Fire Company
Clearfield
FDID 17005 28 incidents 22 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in PA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
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

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.