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2025 County Report

Fires in Dillingham Census Area, AK

In 2025, fire departments serving Dillingham Census Area responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

4,742 residents FIPS 02070 20 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
19
74 across 5 years
Building fires
7
0 wildland
Property loss
$1.4M
$598K structure · $839K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.

19
Total Incidents
Building fires 7 36.8%
Fuel burner/boiler malfunction, fire confined 2 10.5%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 2 10.5%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 2 10.5%
Fires in structures other than in a building 1 5.3%
All other categories 5 26.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Dillingham Census Area?

Jul peaks. May dips.

Jan 2
Feb 3
Mar 2
Apr 1
May 0
Jun 1
Jul 4
Aug 2
Sep 0
Oct 2
Nov 1
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Dillingham Census Area

74 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 15
2022 14
2023 15
2024 11
2025 19
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 7 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
6
Cause undetermined
17%
2
Intentional / arson
8%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
25%
3
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

9 fires · $598K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Dillingham Census Area during 2025. These 9 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $500,000 City of Dillingham Building fires Major
2 $40,000 City of Dillingham Building fires Significant
3 $30,000 City of Dillingham Building fires Significant
4 $10,000 City of Dillingham Building fires Significant
5 $10,000 City of Dillingham Building fires Significant
6 $5,000 City of Dillingham Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $2,000 Manokotak Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $500 Togiak Building fires Significant
9 $100 Manokotak Building fires Significant
06 How Dillingham Census Area compares

Dillingham Census Area vs AK vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

4.01
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Dillingham Census Area
4.01
AK avg
8.42
US avg
7.15
1.48
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Dillingham Census Area
1.48
AK avg
1.2
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Dillingham Census Area
0
AK avg
19.5
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Dillingham Census Area

12 cities mapped to FIPS 02070.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in AK

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 832015 1988 AFS 558,928
2 Minto Flats South 2009 DVF 534,911
3 FYU NE 85 1990 BLM 433,768
4 BEAR CREEK 1977 AFS 374,389
5 Simels 1997 BLM 347,860
6 Big Creek Two 2015 BLM 312,918
7 BTTS S 40 1990 BLM 289,913
8 032018 1990 BLM 287,704
9 832064 1988 AFS 284,466
10 Sushgitit Hills 2015 BLM 276,038

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.