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2025 County Report

Fires in Kingfisher County, OK

In 2025, fire departments serving Kingfisher County responded to 180 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $600K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

9,335 residents FIPS 40073 16 cities · 7 fire depts
Total incidents
180
1,003 across 5 years
Building fires
10
64 wildland
Property loss
$1.8M
$1.3M structure · $513K 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 56% of all calls.

180
Total Incidents
Grass fire 48 26.7%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 20 11.1%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 15 8.3%
Building fires 10 5.6%
Authorized controlled burning 8 4.4%
All other categories 79 43.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Kingfisher County?

Mar peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 12
Feb 13
Mar 39
Apr 12
May 16
Jun 18
Jul 19
Aug 11
Sep 14
Oct 8
Nov 5
Dec 13
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Kingfisher County

1,003 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 101
2022 324
2023 181
2024 217
2025 180
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 10 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
66%
46
Cause undetermined
10%
7
Intentional / arson
4%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
3%
2
Under investigation
10%
7
Act of nature (lightning)
7%
5
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.2M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Kingfisher County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 94% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $600,000 Kingfisher Road freight or transport vehicle fire Major
2 $200,000 Hennessey Outside gas or vapor combustion explosion Significant
3 $100,000 Hennessey Building fires Significant
4 $94,000 HENNESSEY Building fires Significant
5 $80,000 Hennessey Building fires Significant
6 $50,000 Hennessey Outside storage fire Significant
7 $40,000 Hennessey Passenger vehicle fire Significant
8 $25,000 Kingfisher Outside equipment fire Significant
9 $25,000 Kingfisher Building fires Significant
10 $20,000 Hennessey Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
06 How Kingfisher County compares

Kingfisher County vs OK vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

19.28
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Kingfisher County
19.28
OK avg
10.18
US avg
7.15
1.07
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Kingfisher County
1.07
OK avg
0.91
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Kingfisher County
0
OK avg
6.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Kingfisher County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 40073.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Kingfisher County

7 departments report from this county.

Hennessey
—
FDID 37003 102 incidents 1 vol
Kingfisher
Kingfisher
FDID 37004 64 incidents 13 paid 12 vol
Dover
—
FDID 37002 10 incidents 17 vol
Loyal
—
FDID 37005 6 incidents 15 vol
Cashion
CASHION
FDID 37001 0 incidents 10 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in OK

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West 60 2018 BIA 20,304
2 CANDY CREEK 2021 BIA 18,252
3 HWY 123 2023 BIA 17,220
4 RUSH 2024 FWS 12,461
5 NORTH DRUM 2023 BIA 11,486
6 ZINK 2023 BIA 11,286
7 Biggy 2018 BIA 10,360
8 Crater Creek 2015 FWS 9,769
9 ZINK 2024 BIA 8,101
10 JAVINE 2021 BIA 7,448

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.