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2025 County Report

Fires in Harrison County, MO

In 2025, fire departments serving Harrison County responded to 2 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

5,439 residents FIPS 29081 18 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
2
52 across 5 years
Building fires
0
2 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 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 100% of all calls.

2
Total Incidents
Grass fire 2 100.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Harrison County?

Mar peaks. Jan dips.

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

Year over year in Harrison County

52 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 26
2022 12
2023 7
2024 5
2025 2
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
0%
0
Cause undetermined
100%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Harrison County compares

Harrison County vs MO vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

0.37
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Harrison County
0.37
MO avg
12.53
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Harrison County
0
MO avg
1.62
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Harrison County
0
MO avg
9.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Harrison County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 29081.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Harrison County

2 departments report from this county.

St James Fire Prot Dist
1
FDID 08103 149 incidents 1 paid 30 vol
Ridgeway Fire Prot Dist
Ridgeway
FDID 04106 0 incidents 8 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in MO

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Minninghaw 2011 USFS 4,762
2 Mud Pond 2011 USFS 3,520
3 Willie 2020 USFS 2,472
4 23 Thorny Creek BIL RX 2023 NPS 2,223
5 Carty 2015 USFS 2,145
6 Swan Creek 2019 USFS 2,119
7 Rozell 2018 USFS 2,102
8 Devreaux 2023 USFS 2,028
9 Liberty 2012 USFS 1,623
10 Sugar 2024 USFS 1,611

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.