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2025 County Report

Fires in Crawford County, KS

In 2025, fire departments serving Crawford County responded to 170 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $30K property loss.

31,544 residents FIPS 20037 48 cities · 17 fire depts
Total incidents
170
2,290 across 5 years
Building fires
31
70 wildland
Property loss
$215K
$147K structure · $68K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.

170
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 46 27.1%
Building fires 31 18.2%
Grass fire 14 8.2%
Power line down 13 7.6%
Fire, other 7 4.1%
All other categories 59 34.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Crawford County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 21
Feb 31
Mar 63
Apr 6
May 10
Jun 3
Jul 5
Aug 7
Sep 10
Oct 5
Nov 5
Dec 4
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Crawford County

2,290 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 259
2022 710
2023 546
2024 605
2025 170
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 31 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
59%
51
Cause undetermined
13%
11
Intentional / arson
23%
20
Equipment / heat source failure
1%
1
Under investigation
2%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
2%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $146K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Crawford County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $30,000 MULBERRY Building fires Significant
2 $30,000 Pittsburg Building fires Significant
3 $20,000 Frontenac Building fires Significant
4 $20,000 PITTSBURG Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $20,000 Pittsburg Passenger vehicle fire Significant
6 $10,000 Arma Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $6,000 Pittsburg Building fires Significant
8 $4,000 Hepler Outside storage fire Significant
9 $4,000 Hepler Special outside fire, other Significant
10 $2,000 Pittsburg Building fires Significant
06 How Crawford County compares

Crawford County vs KS vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5.39
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Crawford County
5.39
KS avg
9.66
US avg
7.15
0.98
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Crawford County
0.98
KS avg
0.99
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Crawford County
0
KS avg
8.5
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Crawford County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 20037.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Crawford County

17 departments report from this county.

Crawford Co Fire Dist1
Pittsburg
FDID CR419 53 incidents 24 vol
Crawford Co Fire Dist2
Arma
FDID CR414 34 incidents
Crawford County Fire Dist 4
GIRARD
FDID CR411 31 incidents 21 vol
Frontenac Fire Department
Frontenac
FDID CR202 30 incidents 1 paid
Sherman TWP Fire Department
Farlington
FDID CR417 8 incidents 12 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in KS

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 ANNUAL BUR 1998 NPS 60,039
2 Tunner 2011 USFS 19,656
3 Boiling Springs 2021 PRI 4,571
4 BIG SALT MARSH 2010 FWS 3,697
5 Steeler 2006 USFS 2,380
6 Greenwood 2010 USFS 2,078
7 15 Two Section East Traps 2015 NPS 2,060
8 21 Big South 2021 NPS 1,954
9 Cottonwood 2018 FWS 1,508
10 East Kennedy Creek 2019 PRI 1,115

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.