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2025 County Report

Fires in Grady County, OK

In 2025, fire departments serving Grady County responded to 191 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $3.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

30,087 residents FIPS 40051 22 cities · 21 fire depts
Total incidents
191
1,174 across 5 years
Building fires
30
59 wildland
Property loss
$5.1M
$4.5M structure · $615K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.

191
Total Incidents
Grass fire 35 18.3%
Building fires 30 15.7%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 18 9.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 16 8.4%
Fire, other 9 4.7%
All other categories 83 43.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Grady County?

Jun peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 12
Feb 23
Mar 24
Apr 17
May 13
Jun 25
Jul 22
Aug 20
Sep 10
Oct 14
Nov 4
Dec 7
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Grady County

1,174 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 287
2022 284
2023 206
2024 206
2025 191
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 30 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
39%
30
Cause undetermined
19%
15
Intentional / arson
13%
10
Equipment / heat source failure
6%
5
Under investigation
13%
10
Act of nature (lightning)
10%
7
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $4.3M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Grady County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 96% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $3,000,000 Rush Springs Special outside fire, other Major
2 $300,000 Tuttle Building fires Major
3 $300,000 Tuttle Building fires Major
4 $250,000 Rush Springs Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Major
5 $175,000 Tuttle Building fires Significant
6 $100,000 Amber Building fires Significant
7 $50,000 Rush Springs Building fires Significant
8 $50,000 Tuttle Passenger vehicle fire Significant
9 $40,000 Chickasha Building fires Significant
10 $35,000 Chickasha Building fires Significant
06 How Grady County compares

Grady County vs OK vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

6.35
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Grady County
6.35
OK avg
10.18
US avg
7.15
1
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Grady County
1
OK avg
0.91
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Grady County
0
OK avg
6.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Grady County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 40051.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Grady County

21 departments report from this county.

Bridge Creek
Blanchard
FDID 26012 75 incidents 23 vol
Chickasha
—
FDID 26004 71 incidents 38 paid
Rush Springs
rush springs
FDID 26008 51 incidents
Amber
Amber
FDID 26002 22 incidents 17 vol
Verden
Verden
FDID 26010 9 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.