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2025 County Report

Fires in Lake of the Woods County, MN

In 2025, fire departments serving Lake of the Woods County responded to 2 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

1,390 residents FIPS 27077 15 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
2
6 across 5 years
Building fires
1
0 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?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

2
Total Incidents
Building fires 1 50.0%
Garbage dump or sanitary landfill fire 1 50.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Lake of the Woods County?

Jun peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 2
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Lake of the Woods County

6 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 0
2022 4
2023 0
2024 0
2025 2
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

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

Lake of the Woods County vs MN vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

1.44
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lake of the Woods County
1.44
MN avg
7.36
US avg
7.15
0.72
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lake of the Woods County
0.72
MN avg
1.08
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lake of the Woods County
0
MN avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Lake of the Woods County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 27077.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Lake of the Woods County

3 departments report from this county.

BAUDETTE FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 39103 1 incidents
WILLIAMS FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 39102 0 incidents
NORTHWEST ANGLE
—
FDID 39104 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in MN

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Greenwood 2021 USFS 26,829
2 MNGLR-FY21-WF-Oxcart 2021 FWS 12,536
3 Palsburg 2015 FWS 4,456
4 Agassiz NWR Project RX 2024 FWS 4,208
5 MNSBR-FY19-RX-UNIT 4a 6 6a 2019 FWS 2,989
6 RL 005 UNIT 8 & 9 2021 BIA 2,937
7 4 Square Mile RX 2024 FWS 2,481
8 RL 029 2018 BIA 2,360
9 Unit 8E RX 2024 FWS 2,241
10 MNSBR-FY19-RX-UNIT 7 9 11 2019 FWS 2,193

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.