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2025 County Report

Fires in Garfield County, OK

In 2025, fire departments serving Garfield County responded to 377 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

56,388 residents FIPS 40047 25 cities · 13 fire depts
Total incidents
377
1,671 across 5 years
Building fires
39
42 wildland
Property loss
$1.5M
$1.1M structure · $348K contents
Casualties
0 / 2
0 civ deaths · 2 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.

377
Total Incidents
Unauthorized burning 44 11.7%
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 42 11.1%
Building fires 39 10.3%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 34 9.0%
Power line down 32 8.5%
All other categories 186 49.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Garfield County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 30
Feb 33
Mar 54
Apr 36
May 38
Jun 46
Jul 49
Aug 21
Sep 24
Oct 40
Nov 6
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Garfield County

1,671 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 117
2022 158
2023 534
2024 485
2025 377
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 39 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
42%
45
Cause undetermined
25%
27
Intentional / arson
8%
9
Equipment / heat source failure
9%
10
Under investigation
10%
11
Act of nature (lightning)
6%
4
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $781K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Garfield County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 70% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $150,000 GARFIELD COUNTY Building fires Significant
2 $136,468 Enid Building fires Significant
3 $85,000 GARFIELD COUNTY Building fires Significant
4 $80,000 ENID Building fires Significant
5 $80,000 ENID Building fires Significant
6 $75,000 ENID Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle Significant
7 $50,000 GARBER Passenger vehicle fire Significant
8 $45,000 Enid Building fires Significant
9 $40,000 ENID Building fires Significant
10 $40,000 ENID Building fires Significant
06 How Garfield County compares

Garfield County vs OK vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

6.69
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Garfield County
6.69
OK avg
10.18
US avg
7.15
0.69
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Garfield County
0.69
OK avg
0.91
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Garfield County
0
OK avg
6.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Garfield County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 40047.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Garfield County

13 departments report from this county.

Enid
—
FDID 24006 352 incidents 80 paid
Garber
—
FDID 24008 14 incidents
Fairmont
—
FDID 24007 8 incidents 1 vol
Waukomis
—
FDID 24014 1 incidents 16 vol
Covington
—
FDID 24003 0 incidents 16 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in OK

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West 60 2018 BIA 20,304
2 CANDY CREEK 2021 BIA 18,252
3 HWY 123 2023 BIA 17,220
4 RUSH 2024 FWS 12,461
5 NORTH DRUM 2023 BIA 11,486
6 ZINK 2023 BIA 11,286
7 Biggy 2018 BIA 10,360
8 Crater Creek 2015 FWS 9,769
9 ZINK 2024 BIA 8,101
10 JAVINE 2021 BIA 7,448

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.