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2025 County Report

Fires in Crowley County, CO

In 2025, fire departments serving Crowley County responded to 49 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $30K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

3,251 residents FIPS 08025 6 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
49
272 across 5 years
Building fires
5
14 wildland
Property loss
$53K
$40K structure · $13K 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 51% of all calls.

49
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 8 16.3%
Building fires 5 10.2%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 5 10.2%
Fire, other 4 8.2%
Grass fire 3 6.1%
All other categories 24 49.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Crowley County?

Oct peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 2
Feb 2
Mar 6
Apr 7
May 2
Jun 4
Jul 1
Aug 2
Sep 4
Oct 11
Nov 6
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Crowley County

272 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 35
2022 62
2023 52
2024 74
2025 49
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 5 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
41%
7
Cause undetermined
12%
2
Intentional / arson
6%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
41%
7
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

5 fires · $40K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Crowley County during 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $30,000 Ordway Building fires Significant
2 $5,000 Ordway Building fires Significant
3 $2,500 Ordway Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
4 $2,500 Ordway Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $300 Ordway Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
06 How Crowley County compares

Crowley County vs CO vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

15.07
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Crowley County
15.07
CO avg
8.02
US avg
7.15
1.54
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Crowley County
1.54
CO avg
0.53
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Crowley County
0
CO avg
4.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Crowley County

6 cities mapped to FIPS 08025.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Crowley County

2 departments report from this county.

ORDWAY VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
ORDWAY
FDID 02530 26 incidents 15 vol
SUGAR CITY VFD
SUGAR CITY
FDID 02535 0 incidents 17 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in CO

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Cameron Peak 2020 USFS 208,912
2 Pine Gulch 2020 BLM 138,802
3 Hayman 2002 USFS 137,760
4 Spring Creek 2018 BLM 108,045
5 High Park 2012 BLM 87,306
6 MISSIONARY RIDGE 2002 USFS 70,480
7 WEST FORK 2013 USFS 56,575
8 416 2018 USFS 54,130
9 Papoose 2013 USFS 49,282
10 Bridger 2008 BLM 46,588

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.