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2025 County Report

Fires in Crook County, WY

In 2025, fire departments serving Crook County responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

2,806 residents FIPS 56011 13 cities · 5 fire depts
Total incidents
15
291 across 5 years
Building fires
0
5 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?

Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.

15
Total Incidents
Passenger vehicle fire 3 20.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 3 20.0%
Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence 2 13.3%
Authorized controlled burning 2 13.3%
Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other 1 6.7%
All other categories 4 26.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Crook County?

Jun peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 1
Feb 0
Mar 1
Apr 0
May 2
Jun 3
Jul 2
Aug 3
Sep 1
Oct 1
Nov 1
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Crook County

291 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 173
2022 27
2023 31
2024 45
2025 15
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
1
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
50%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Crook County compares

Crook County vs WY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5.35
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Crook County
5.35
WY avg
5.99
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Crook County
0
WY avg
0.59
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Crook County
0
WY avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Crook County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 56011.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Crook County

5 departments report from this county.

SUNDANCE VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
SUNDANCE
FDID 11521 11 incidents 1 paid 1 vol
CROOK COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS
SUNDANCE
FDID 11523 2 incidents 1 paid 1 vol
PINE HAVEN VOL FIRE DEPARTMEN
PINE HAVEN
FDID 11525 1 incidents 1 paid 1 vol
HULETT VOL FIRE DEPARTMENT
HULETT
FDID 11511 0 incidents 1 paid 1 vol
MOORCROFT FIRE DEPARTMENT
MOORCROFT
FDID 11513 0 incidents 1 paid 1 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in WY

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Clover Mist 1988 USFS 341,291
2 CLOVERMIST 1988 NPS 232,190
3 Hellroaring 1988 USFS 206,358
4 Storm Creek 1988 USFS 206,056
5 East Troublesome 2020 USFS 193,693
6 Mullen 2020 USFS 176,787
7 HUCK 1988 NPS 120,297
8 Elk 2024 USFS 98,351
9 Pack Trail 2024 USFS 89,929
10 MINK 1988 NPS 88,369

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.