In 2025, fire departments serving Jefferson County responded to 333 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 50% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Nov dips.
1,867 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 434 | |
| 2022 | 400 | |
| 2023 | 364 | |
| 2024 | 336 | |
| 2025 | 333 |
For the 25 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Jefferson County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 96% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Brinnon | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Brinnon | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Brinnon | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Brinnon | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Port Hadlock | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $65,000 | Port Townsend | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Port Ludlow | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Quilcene | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $25,000 | Port Ludlow | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $25,000 | Port Townsend | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 53031.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Port Townsend | 10,161 | View › |
| Port Hadlock-Irondale | 3,326 | View › |
| Port Ludlow | 3,096 | View › |
| Marrowstone | 882 | View › |
| Brinnon | 874 | View › |
| Quilcene | 610 | View › |
| Kalaloch | 0 | View › |
| Bees Mill | 0 | View › |
| Dabob | 0 | View › |
| Eaglemount | 0 | View › |
| Clearwater | 0 | View › |
| Maynard | 0 | View › |
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carlton | 2014 | BLM | 230,101 |
| 2 | Cold Springs | 2020 | BIA | 189,911 |
| 3 | Range 12 | 2016 | DOD | 176,834 |
| 4 | Range 12 | 2016 | BLM | 175,245 |
| 5 | Tunk Block | 2015 | BLM | 165,004 |
| 6 | North Star | 2015 | USFS | 165,003 |
| 7 | Diamond Creek | 2017 | USFS | 126,836 |
| 8 | Lime Belt | 2015 | BLM | 120,526 |
| 9 | SCHNEIDER SPRINGS | 2021 | USFS | 107,352 |
| 10 | Colockum Tarps | 2013 | BLM | 81,513 |
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.