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2025 County Report

Fires in Crawford County, MO

In 2025, fire departments serving Crawford County responded to 295 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

8,195 residents FIPS 29055 34 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
295
1,592 across 5 years
Building fires
78
96 wildland
Property loss
$810K
$532K structure · $278K contents
Casualties
0 / 3
0 civ deaths · 2 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.

295
Total Incidents
Building fires 78 26.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 54 18.3%
Grass fire 19 6.4%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 17 5.8%
Passenger vehicle fire 16 5.4%
All other categories 111 37.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Crawford County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 24
Feb 34
Mar 85
Apr 23
May 23
Jun 25
Jul 19
Aug 17
Sep 25
Oct 11
Nov 7
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Crawford County

1,592 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 222
2022 330
2023 407
2024 338
2025 295
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 78 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
44%
44
Cause undetermined
41%
41
Intentional / arson
4%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
10%
10
Under investigation
1%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $530K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Crawford County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $200,000 BOURBON Building fires Significant
2 $130,000 LEASBURG Building fires Significant
3 $120,000 BOURBON Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
4 $20,000 BOURBON Building fires Significant
5 $20,000 BOURBON Building fires Significant
6 $15,000 BOURBON Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $10,000 BOURBON Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $5,000 BOURBON Passenger vehicle fire Significant
9 $5,000 BOURBON Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $5,000 BOURBON Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Crawford County compares

Crawford County vs MO vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

36
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Crawford County
36
MO avg
12.53
US avg
7.15
9.52
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Crawford County
9.52
MO avg
1.62
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Crawford County
0
MO avg
9.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Crawford County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 29055.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Crawford County

3 departments report from this county.

Cuba Comm Fire Prot Dist
Cuba
FDID 02804 120 incidents
Steelville Fire Prot Dist
Steelville
FDID 02805 72 incidents 50 vol
Leasburg Vol Fire Dept
Leasburg
FDID 02802 0 incidents 16 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in MO

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Minninghaw 2011 USFS 4,762
2 Mud Pond 2011 USFS 3,520
3 Willie 2020 USFS 2,472
4 23 Thorny Creek BIL RX 2023 NPS 2,223
5 Carty 2015 USFS 2,145
6 Swan Creek 2019 USFS 2,119
7 Rozell 2018 USFS 2,102
8 Devreaux 2023 USFS 2,028
9 Liberty 2012 USFS 1,623
10 Sugar 2024 USFS 1,611

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.