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2025 County Report

Fires in Lake and Peninsula Borough, AK

In 2025, fire departments serving Lake and Peninsula Borough responded to 3 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $150K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

932 residents FIPS 02164 22 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
3
16 across 5 years
Building fires
3
0 wildland
Property loss
$535K
$330K structure · $205K contents
Casualties
1 / 1
1 civ deaths · 1 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 100% of all calls.

3
Total Incidents
Building fires 3 100.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Lake and Peninsula Borough?

Aug peaks. Jan dips.

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

Year over year in Lake and Peninsula Borough

16 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 8
2022 3
2023 2
2024 0
2025 3
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 3 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
33%
1
Cause undetermined
67%
2
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

3 fires · $330K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Lake and Peninsula Borough during 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $150,000 Nondalton Building fires Significant
2 $120,000 Perryville Building fires Significant
3 $60,000 Chignik Lagoon Building fires Significant
06 How Lake and Peninsula Borough compares

Lake and Peninsula Borough vs AK vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

3.22
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lake and Peninsula Borough
3.22
AK avg
8.42
US avg
7.15
3.22
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lake and Peninsula Borough
3.22
AK avg
1.2
US avg
0.82
1073
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lake and Peninsula Borough
1073
AK avg
19.5
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Lake and Peninsula Borough

12 cities mapped to FIPS 02164.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in AK

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 832015 1988 AFS 558,928
2 Minto Flats South 2009 DVF 534,911
3 FYU NE 85 1990 BLM 433,768
4 BEAR CREEK 1977 AFS 374,389
5 Simels 1997 BLM 347,860
6 Big Creek Two 2015 BLM 312,918
7 BTTS S 40 1990 BLM 289,913
8 032018 1990 BLM 287,704
9 832064 1988 AFS 284,466
10 Sushgitit Hills 2015 BLM 276,038

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.