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2025 County Report

Fires in Emery County, UT

In 2025, fire departments serving Emery County responded to 51 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

8,336 residents FIPS 49015 20 cities · 7 fire depts
Total incidents
51
345 across 5 years
Building fires
8
12 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?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.

51
Total Incidents
Building fires 8 15.7%
Road freight or transport vehicle fire 8 15.7%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 6 11.8%
Passenger vehicle fire 5 9.8%
Fire, other 4 7.8%
All other categories 20 39.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Emery County?

Mar peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 5
Feb 5
Mar 10
Apr 4
May 3
Jun 7
Jul 4
Aug 5
Sep 3
Oct 2
Nov 0
Dec 3
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Emery County

345 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 80
2022 85
2023 54
2024 75
2025 51
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 8 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
84%
21
Cause undetermined
8%
2
Intentional / arson
4%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
4%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Emery County compares

Emery County vs UT vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

6.12
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Emery County
6.12
UT avg
5.05
US avg
7.15
0.96
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Emery County
0.96
UT avg
0.46
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Emery County
0
UT avg
1.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Emery County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 49015.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Emery County

7 departments report from this county.

Green River FD
—
FDID 15007 23 incidents
Huntington FD
Huntington
FDID 15008 8 incidents 12 vol
Castle Dale FD
Castle Dale
FDID 15001 7 incidents 20 vol
Emery City FD
—
FDID 15004 6 incidents 14 vol
Ferron FD
—
FDID 15006 6 incidents 9 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in UT

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Milford Flat 2007 USFS 337,676
2 Milford Flat 2007 BLM 337,676
3 Leamington Complex 1996 USFS 157,943
4 Leamington Complex 1996 USFS 157,943
5 Clay Springs 2012 USFS 107,766
6 Clay Springs 2012 BLM 107,766
7 Pole Creek 2018 BLM 101,423
8 PHINNEY LAKE 2020 USFS 91,320
9 Diamond Creek 2002 BLM 88,420
10 EAST FORK 2020 USFS 87,067

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.