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2025 County Report

Fires in Greene County, NY

In 2025, fire departments serving Greene County responded to 263 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $25K property loss.

50,193 residents FIPS 36039 74 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
263
1,212 across 5 years
Building fires
19
10 wildland
Property loss
$103K
$94K structure · $9K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 62% of all calls.

263
Total Incidents
Power line down 50 19.0%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 47 17.9%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 35 13.3%
Building fires 19 7.2%
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other 12 4.6%
All other categories 100 38.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Greene County?

Oct peaks. Aug dips.

Jan 11
Feb 28
Mar 27
Apr 26
May 18
Jun 20
Jul 20
Aug 10
Sep 16
Oct 44
Nov 33
Dec 10
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Greene County

1,212 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 120
2022 196
2023 339
2024 294
2025 263
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 19 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
35%
11
Cause undetermined
3%
1
Intentional / arson
19%
6
Equipment / heat source failure
32%
10
Under investigation
3%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
8%
2
05 The biggest fires

5 fires · $94K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Greene County during 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $25,000 New Baltimore Fire, other Significant
2 $20,000 Hannacroix Passenger vehicle fire Significant
3 $20,000 New Baltimore Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
4 $19,000 New Baltimore Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $10,000 New Baltimore Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Greene County compares

Greene County vs NY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5.24
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Greene County
5.24
NY avg
3.48
US avg
7.15
0.38
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Greene County
0.38
NY avg
0.2
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Greene County
0
NY avg
1.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Greene County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 36039.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NY

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Great Kills Blowup 2010 NPS 143
2 GK3 1996 NPS 98
3 NYIRR-FY19-RX-J Units 2019 FWS 81
4 GK06-01 2006 NPS 60
5 DRIFTFENCE 2001 NPS 58
6 north40 1997 NPS 51
7 HugeFire 1994 NPS 46
8 GOLF 2006 NPS 45
9 GRKILLS002 1999 NPS 41
10 Spring Creek 1 2014 NPS 39

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.