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2025 County Report

Fires in Goshen County, WY

In 2025, fire departments serving Goshen County responded to 57 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

7,178 residents FIPS 56015 19 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
57
636 across 5 years
Building fires
1
18 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?

Authorized controlled burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.

57
Total Incidents
Authorized controlled burning 9 15.8%
Grass fire 8 14.0%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 5 8.8%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 3 5.3%
Cultivated grain or crop fire 3 5.3%
All other categories 29 50.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Goshen County?

Jan peaks. Oct dips.

Jan 11
Feb 9
Mar 5
Apr 10
May 3
Jun 5
Jul 6
Aug 4
Sep 4
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Goshen County

636 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 134
2022 154
2023 149
2024 142
2025 57
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
56%
5
Cause undetermined
11%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
33%
3
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Goshen County compares

Goshen County vs WY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.94
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Goshen County
7.94
WY avg
5.99
US avg
7.15
0.14
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Goshen County
0.14
WY avg
0.59
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Goshen County
0
WY avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Goshen County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 56015.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Goshen County

6 departments report from this county.

Torrington Fire Department
TORRINGTON
FDID 15513 47 incidents
YODER
—
FDID 15517 3 incidents 20 vol
HAWK SPRINGS
—
FDID 15503 2 incidents 15 vol
LAGRANGE
—
FDID 15509 2 incidents 16 vol
LINGLE
—
FDID 15511 0 incidents 21 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in WY

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Clover Mist 1988 USFS 341,291
2 CLOVERMIST 1988 NPS 232,190
3 Hellroaring 1988 USFS 206,358
4 Storm Creek 1988 USFS 206,056
5 East Troublesome 2020 USFS 193,693
6 Mullen 2020 USFS 176,787
7 HUCK 1988 NPS 120,297
8 Elk 2024 USFS 98,351
9 Pack Trail 2024 USFS 89,929
10 MINK 1988 NPS 88,369

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.