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2025 County Report

Fires in Davis County, IA

In 2025, fire departments serving Davis County responded to 120 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

3,360 residents FIPS 19051 17 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
120
397 across 5 years
Building fires
17
68 wildland
Property loss
$3.3M
$2.7M structure · $625K 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 76% of all calls.

120
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 40 33.3%
Grass fire 19 15.8%
Building fires 17 14.2%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 9 7.5%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 6 5.0%
All other categories 29 24.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Davis County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 13
Feb 29
Mar 30
Apr 17
May 6
Jun 4
Jul 2
Aug 4
Sep 7
Oct 3
Nov 4
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Davis County

397 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 46
2022 97
2023 69
2024 65
2025 120
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 17 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
72%
23
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
16%
5
Equipment / heat source failure
9%
3
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $2.5M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Davis County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 94% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $1,000,000 City of Bloomfield Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Major
2 $750,000 City of Bloomfield Building fires Major
3 $200,000 City of Bloomfield Building fires Significant
4 $125,000 City of Bloomfield Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
5 $85,000 City of Bloomfield Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
6 $80,000 City of Bloomfield Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
7 $75,000 City of Bloomfield Building fires Significant
8 $75,000 City of Bloomfield Building fires Significant
9 $75,000 City of Bloomfield Building fires Significant
10 $36,000 City of Bloomfield Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
06 How Davis County compares

Davis County vs IA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

35.71
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Davis County
35.71
IA avg
9.41
US avg
7.15
5.06
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Davis County
5.06
IA avg
1.15
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Davis County
0
IA avg
7.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Davis County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 19051.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Davis County

4 departments report from this county.

BLOOMFIELD FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 26001 93 incidents
DRAKESVILLE FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 26002 20 incidents
PULASKI FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 26004 1 incidents
FLORIS FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 26003 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in IA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 IAWTR-FY19-RX-Dunbar Slough 2019 FWS 759
2 IANSR-FY19-RX-Highpoint Savanna 2019 FWS 737
3 IANSR-FY19-RX-N. Bison/Henslow hill 2019 FWS 482
4 Upper Iowa River Wildfire 2024 FWS 465
5 Cornland Wildfire 2018 FWS 402
6 Bottoms WF 2021 PRI 353
7 Crane Lake WF 2021 State 349
8 IAWTR-FY19-RX-Union Hills North 2019 FWS 315
9 Schott WF 2018 FWS 314
10 IAWTR-FY19-RX-Errington Marsh 2019 FWS 304

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.