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2025 County Report

Fires in Haines Borough, AK

In 2025, fire departments serving Haines Borough responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $119K property loss.

2,077 residents FIPS 02100 8 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
19
101 across 5 years
Building fires
5
3 wildland
Property loss
$381K
$354K structure · $27K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 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 68% of all calls.

19
Total Incidents
Building fires 5 26.3%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 3 15.8%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 2 10.5%
Carbon monoxide incident 2 10.5%
Cooking fire, confined to container 1 5.3%
All other categories 6 31.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Haines Borough?

Dec peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 2
Feb 3
Mar 2
Apr 1
May 2
Jun 0
Jul 1
Aug 1
Sep 0
Oct 2
Nov 1
Dec 4
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Haines Borough

101 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 15
2022 25
2023 22
2024 20
2025 19
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 5 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
80%
8
Cause undetermined
10%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
10%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

5 fires · $354K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $119,000 Klehini Valley Building fires Significant
2 $94,900 Haines Census Design Building fires Significant
3 $75,000 Haines Borough Building fires Significant
4 $41,900 Haines Building fires Significant
5 $23,000 Haines Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
06 How Haines Borough compares

Haines Borough vs AK vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.15
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Haines Borough
9.15
AK avg
8.42
US avg
7.15
2.41
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Haines Borough
2.41
AK avg
1.2
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Haines Borough
0
AK avg
19.5
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Haines Borough

8 cities mapped to FIPS 02100.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in AK

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 832015 1988 AFS 558,928
2 Minto Flats South 2009 DVF 534,911
3 FYU NE 85 1990 BLM 433,768
4 BEAR CREEK 1977 AFS 374,389
5 Simels 1997 BLM 347,860
6 Big Creek Two 2015 BLM 312,918
7 BTTS S 40 1990 BLM 289,913
8 032018 1990 BLM 287,704
9 832064 1988 AFS 284,466
10 Sushgitit Hills 2015 BLM 276,038

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.