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2025 County Report

Fires in Harrison County, IA

In 2025, fire departments serving Harrison County responded to 118 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $282K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

8,432 residents FIPS 19085 19 cities · 10 fire depts
Total incidents
118
536 across 5 years
Building fires
30
37 wildland
Property loss
$898K
$701K structure · $198K 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 64% of all calls.

118
Total Incidents
Building fires 30 25.4%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 16 13.6%
Grass fire 11 9.3%
Passenger vehicle fire 9 7.6%
Natural vegetation fire, other 9 7.6%
All other categories 43 36.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Harrison County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 15
Feb 13
Mar 18
Apr 13
May 6
Jun 4
Jul 6
Aug 8
Sep 10
Oct 10
Nov 9
Dec 6
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Harrison County

536 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 61
2022 135
2023 72
2024 150
2025 118
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
32%
7
Cause undetermined
9%
2
Intentional / arson
9%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
50%
11
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $701K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Harrison County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $282,450 City of Logan Building fires Major
2 $200,000 City of Woodbine Building fires Significant
3 $123,900 Missouri Valley Building fires Significant
4 $35,000 Missouri Valley Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
5 $30,000 City of Woodbine Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
6 $13,330 City of Mondamin Building fires Significant
7 $10,000 City of Logan Building fires Significant
8 $3,000 City of Logan Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
9 $2,000 City of Missouri Val Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $1,000 City of Missouri Val Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Harrison County compares

Harrison County vs IA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

13.99
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Harrison County
13.99
IA avg
9.41
US avg
7.15
3.56
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Harrison County
3.56
IA avg
1.15
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Harrison County
0
IA avg
7.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Harrison County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 19085.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Harrison County

10 departments report from this county.

LOGAN FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 43003 49 incidents
WOODBINE FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 43010 23 incidents
MODALE FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 43006 20 incidents
MISSOURI VALLEY FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 43005 16 incidents
PERSIA FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 43008 9 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in IA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 IAWTR-FY19-RX-Dunbar Slough 2019 FWS 759
2 IANSR-FY19-RX-Highpoint Savanna 2019 FWS 737
3 IANSR-FY19-RX-N. Bison/Henslow hill 2019 FWS 482
4 Upper Iowa River Wildfire 2024 FWS 465
5 Cornland Wildfire 2018 FWS 402
6 Bottoms WF 2021 PRI 353
7 Crane Lake WF 2021 State 349
8 IAWTR-FY19-RX-Union Hills North 2019 FWS 315
9 Schott WF 2018 FWS 314
10 IAWTR-FY19-RX-Errington Marsh 2019 FWS 304

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.