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2025 County Report

Fires in Florence County, WI

In 2025, fire departments serving Florence County responded to 36 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $100K property loss.

523 residents FIPS 55037 10 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
36
169 across 5 years
Building fires
4
3 wildland
Property loss
$207K
$172K structure · $35K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Top five categories make up about 70% of all calls.

36
Total Incidents
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 14 38.9%
Building fires 4 11.1%
Carbon monoxide incident 3 8.3%
Cooking fire, confined to container 2 5.6%
Passenger vehicle fire 2 5.6%
All other categories 11 30.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Florence County?

Oct peaks. Aug dips.

Jan 3
Feb 2
Mar 3
Apr 3
May 3
Jun 3
Jul 4
Aug 1
Sep 1
Oct 5
Nov 4
Dec 4
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Florence County

169 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 36
2022 38
2023 30
2024 29
2025 36
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 4 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
40%
2
Cause undetermined
20%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
20%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
20%
1
05 The biggest fires

4 fires · $172K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Florence County during 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $100,000 Florence Building fires Significant
2 $50,000 Fence Building fires Significant
3 $15,000 Florence Passenger vehicle fire Significant
4 $7,000 Florence Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Florence County compares

Florence County vs WI vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

68.83
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Florence County
68.83
WI avg
8.73
US avg
7.15
7.65
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Florence County
7.65
WI avg
1.73
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Florence County
0
WI avg
14.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Florence County

10 cities mapped to FIPS 55037.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Florence County

6 departments report from this county.

FLORENCE VOL FIRE DEPT
Florence
FDID 19030 28 incidents 40 vol
Homestead Vol Fire Dept
Florence
FDID 19020 4 incidents
Tipler Volunteer Fire Dept
—
FDID 19060 2 incidents
Aurora Vol Fire Dept
Niagara
FDID 19010 1 incidents
Long Lake Vol Fire Dept
Long Lake
FDID 19040 0 incidents 18 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in WI

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Necedah WL unit 23B RX 2024 FWS 853
2 WIHRR-FY19-RX-Cattail Desert North 2019 FWS 536
3 Peters WF 2014 FWS 363
4 WINCR-FY19-RX-Triangle Complex 2019 FWS 355
5 WISCR-FY19-RX-10 Mile 2019 FWS 352
6 WINCR-FY19-RX-PR19-20 2019 FWS 349
7 WINCR-FY19-RX-PR28 2019 FWS 293
8 WINCR-FY21-WF-Railroad 2 2021 OTH 267
9 WISCR-FY19-RX-Erickson 2019 FWS 249
10 WIHRR-FY19-RX-Collien's Ditch South 2019 FWS 224

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.