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2025 County Report

Fires in Floyd County, IA

In 2025, fire departments serving Floyd County responded to 175 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss.

10,856 residents FIPS 19067 15 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
175
737 across 5 years
Building fires
61
44 wildland
Property loss
$884K
$734K structure · $150K 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 69% of all calls.

175
Total Incidents
Building fires 61 34.9%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 21 12.0%
Grass fire 20 11.4%
Fire, other 9 5.1%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 9 5.1%
All other categories 55 31.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Floyd County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 21
Feb 16
Mar 26
Apr 25
May 18
Jun 21
Jul 9
Aug 11
Sep 6
Oct 3
Nov 17
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Floyd County

737 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 111
2022 127
2023 142
2024 182
2025 175
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 61 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
63%
33
Cause undetermined
10%
5
Intentional / arson
8%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
15%
8
Under investigation
4%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $692K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $150,000 City of Marble Rock Building fires Significant
2 $150,000 City of Nora Springs Building fires Significant
3 $100,400 Charles City Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
4 $100,000 Charles City Building fires Significant
5 $65,000 Charles City Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
6 $35,000 Charles City Building fires Significant
7 $32,000 City of Marble Rock Building fires Significant
8 $25,000 City of Marble Rock Building fires Significant
9 $20,000 City of Nora Springs Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
10 $15,000 Charles City Building fires Significant
06 How Floyd County compares

Floyd County vs IA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

16.12
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Floyd County
16.12
IA avg
9.41
US avg
7.15
5.62
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Floyd County
5.62
IA avg
1.15
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Floyd County
0
IA avg
7.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Floyd County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 19067.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Floyd County

8 departments report from this county.

CHARLES CITY FIRE DEPT
Charles City
FDID 34001 74 incidents 8 paid
NORA SPRINGS FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 34005 29 incidents
FLOYD FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 34003 26 incidents
MARBLE ROCK FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 34004 22 incidents
COLWELL FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 34002 20 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.