In 2025, fire departments serving Garfield County responded to 45 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $25K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 53% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Sep dips.
151 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | |
| 2022 | 27 | |
| 2023 | 15 | |
| 2024 | 28 | |
| 2025 | 45 |
For the 3 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Garfield County during 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000 | Panguitch | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $20,000 | Panguitch | Outside storage fire | Significant |
| 3 | $20,000 | Panguitch | Outside storage fire | Significant |
| 4 | $4,000 | Bryce Canyon | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 5 | $500 | Bryce Canyon City | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 49017.
10 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.