In 2025, fire departments serving Johnson County responded to 536 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $377K property loss.
Vehicle accident, general cleanup lead by count. Top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
3,689 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 788 | |
| 2022 | 895 | |
| 2023 | 871 | |
| 2024 | 599 | |
| 2025 | 536 |
For the 37 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Johnson County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 95% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $376,843 | WARRENSBURG | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $252,760 | CENTERVIEW | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $190,807 | WARRENSBURG | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $123,101 | WARRENSBURG | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $101,141 | CHILHOWEE | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | City of Kingsville | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $93,730 | CENTERVIEW | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $47,000 | CHILHOWEE | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $28,728 | WARRENSBURG | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $28,728 | WARRENSBURG | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 29101.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Warrensburg | 19,317 | View › |
| Whiteman AFB | 4,119 | View › |
| Knob Noster | 2,793 | View › |
| Holden | 1,840 | View › |
| Leeton | 684 | View › |
| Kingsville | 377 | View › |
| Chilhowee | 267 | View › |
| Centerview | 248 | View › |
| La Tour | 241 | View › |
| New Castle | 0 | View › |
| Old Chilhowee | 0 | View › |
| Quick City | 0 | View › |
4 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.