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2025 County Report

Fires in Green County, WI

In 2025, fire departments serving Green County responded to 285 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $250K property loss.

20,397 residents FIPS 55045 18 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
285
1,288 across 5 years
Building fires
70
86 wildland
Property loss
$1.0M
$706K structure · $335K contents
Casualties
0 / 2
0 civ deaths · 2 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 62% of all calls.

285
Total Incidents
Building fires 70 24.6%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 35 12.3%
Grass fire 33 11.6%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 24 8.4%
Cultivated grain or crop fire 13 4.6%
All other categories 110 38.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Green County?

Mar peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 13
Feb 7
Mar 73
Apr 33
May 40
Jun 14
Jul 16
Aug 24
Sep 5
Oct 24
Nov 29
Dec 7
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Green County

1,288 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 254
2022 224
2023 229
2024 296
2025 285
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 70 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
67%
63
Cause undetermined
10%
9
Intentional / arson
13%
12
Equipment / heat source failure
5%
5
Under investigation
1%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
4
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $688K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Green County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 97% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $250,000 Brodhead Building fires Major
2 $150,000 Brodhead Building fires Significant
3 $80,000 Brodhead Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire Significant
4 $50,000 Albany Building fires Significant
5 $50,000 Monticello Building fires Significant
6 $35,000 Monticello Building fires Significant
7 $25,000 Monticello Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $24,000 Monroe Building fires Significant
9 $13,540 Monroe Building fires Significant
10 $10,000 Monroe Building fires Significant
06 How Green County compares

Green County vs WI vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

13.97
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Green County
13.97
WI avg
8.73
US avg
7.15
3.43
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Green County
3.43
WI avg
1.73
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Green County
0
WI avg
14.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Green County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 55045.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Green County

8 departments report from this county.

Brodhead Fire District
—
FDID 23020 76 incidents
MONROE VOL FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 23050 43 incidents
Juda and Community Fire Dept
Juda
FDID 23040 39 incidents
Monticello Fire Dept
Monticello
FDID 23060 34 incidents 35 vol
Albany Comnty Fire Dept
Albany
FDID 23010 25 incidents 28 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in WI

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Necedah WL unit 23B RX 2024 FWS 853
2 WIHRR-FY19-RX-Cattail Desert North 2019 FWS 536
3 Peters WF 2014 FWS 363
4 WINCR-FY19-RX-Triangle Complex 2019 FWS 355
5 WISCR-FY19-RX-10 Mile 2019 FWS 352
6 WINCR-FY19-RX-PR19-20 2019 FWS 349
7 WINCR-FY19-RX-PR28 2019 FWS 293
8 WINCR-FY21-WF-Railroad 2 2021 OTH 267
9 WISCR-FY19-RX-Erickson 2019 FWS 249
10 WIHRR-FY19-RX-Collien's Ditch South 2019 FWS 224

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.