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2025 County Report

Fires in Coconino County, AZ

In 2025, fire departments serving Coconino County responded to 1,593 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

129,659 residents FIPS 04005 102 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
1,593
7,984 across 5 years
Building fires
32
169 wildland
Property loss
$6.0M
$4.7M structure · $1.3M contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Aircraft standby lead by count. Top five categories make up about 69% of all calls.

1,593
Total Incidents
Aircraft standby 694 43.6%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 151 9.5%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 97 6.1%
Carbon monoxide incident 82 5.1%
Unauthorized burning 70 4.4%
All other categories 499 31.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Coconino County?

Aug peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 123
Feb 122
Mar 111
Apr 169
May 183
Jun 167
Jul 191
Aug 193
Sep 174
Oct 60
Nov 59
Dec 41
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Coconino County

7,984 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 1,441
2022 1,621
2023 1,694
2024 1,635
2025 1,593
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 32 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
42%
64
Cause undetermined
13%
20
Intentional / arson
20%
30
Equipment / heat source failure
12%
18
Under investigation
12%
18
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $4.0M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Coconino County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 84% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $1,000,000 FLAG Building fires Major
2 $1,000,000 FLAG Forest, woods or wildland fire Major
3 $650,000 Williams Road freight or transport vehicle fire Major
4 $500,000 Williams Building fires Major
5 $200,000 FLAG Building fires Significant
6 $200,000 PARKS Building fires Significant
7 $150,000 FLAG Building fires Significant
8 $100,000 Flagstaff Building fires Significant
9 $100,000 Flagstgaff Building fires Significant
10 $100,000 PAGE Building fires Significant
06 How Coconino County compares

Coconino County vs AZ vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

12.29
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Coconino County
12.29
AZ avg
4.85
US avg
7.15
0.25
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Coconino County
0.25
AZ avg
0.46
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Coconino County
0
AZ avg
3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Coconino County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 04005.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Coconino County

6 departments report from this county.

Summit Fire Department Station
Flagstaff
FDID 03022 132 incidents 35 paid
Highlands F ire Dist
Flagstaff
FDID 03092 71 incidents 24 paid 24 vol
Ponderosa Fire District
Bellemont
FDID 03281 42 incidents
Pinewood Fire Station 1
Munds Park
FDID 03132 30 incidents 12 paid
Tusayan Fire Department
TUSAYAN
FDID 03180 30 incidents 8 paid 15 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in AZ

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
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

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.