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2025 County Report

Fires in Coos County, OR

In 2025, fire departments serving Coos County responded to 431 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

45,323 residents FIPS 41011 55 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
431
2,282 across 5 years
Building fires
40
62 wildland
Property loss
$922K
$692K structure · $230K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.

431
Total Incidents
Unauthorized burning 95 22.0%
Authorized controlled burning 52 12.1%
Building fires 40 9.3%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 30 7.0%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 25 5.8%
All other categories 189 43.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Coos County?

Jul peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 24
Feb 14
Mar 14
Apr 18
May 23
Jun 67
Jul 71
Aug 63
Sep 48
Oct 43
Nov 27
Dec 19
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Coos County

2,282 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 412
2022 545
2023 589
2024 305
2025 431
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 40 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
26%
39
Cause undetermined
28%
42
Intentional / arson
28%
42
Equipment / heat source failure
7%
10
Under investigation
8%
12
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
3
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $662K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Coos County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 96% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $200,000 North Bend Building fires Significant
2 $200,000 North Bend Building fires Significant
3 $100,000 North Bend Building fires Significant
4 $50,000 Coquille Building fires Significant
5 $25,000 Coos Bay Building fires Significant
6 $22,000 North Bend Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $20,000 Coos Bay Building fires Significant
8 $20,000 North Bend Building fires Significant
9 $15,000 North Bend Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $10,000 Coos Bay Building fires Significant
06 How Coos County compares

Coos County vs OR vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.51
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Coos County
9.51
OR avg
8.47
US avg
7.15
0.88
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Coos County
0.88
OR avg
0.83
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Coos County
0
OR avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Coos County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 41011.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in OR

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Bootleg 2021 USFS 413,715
2 Saddle Draw 2014 BLM 280,310
3 LIONSHEAD 2020 BIA 198,346
4 Beachie Creek 2020 USFS 193,565
5 Chetco Bar 2017 BLM 190,524
6 Monkey Creek 2024 BLM 178,541
7 RAIL RIDGE 2024 BLM 176,660
8 Double Creek 2022 USFS 175,937
9 Klondike 2018 BLM 173,614
10 Holiday Farm 2020 USFS 173,392

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.