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2025 County Report

Fires in Lake County, OR

In 2025, fire departments serving Lake County responded to 99 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

3,792 residents FIPS 41037 16 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
99
333 across 5 years
Building fires
8
36 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?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.

99
Total Incidents
Power line down 15 15.2%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 13 13.1%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 12 12.1%
Natural vegetation fire, other 9 9.1%
Building fires 8 8.1%
All other categories 42 42.4%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Lake County?

Feb peaks. Mar dips.

Jan 3
Feb 27
Mar 2
Apr 7
May 2
Jun 11
Jul 25
Aug 4
Sep 8
Oct 5
Nov 3
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Lake County

333 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 64
2022 31
2023 65
2024 74
2025 99
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 8 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
31%
17
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
27%
15
Equipment / heat source failure
9%
5
Under investigation
4%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
29%
16
06 How Lake County compares

Lake County vs OR vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

26.11
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lake County
26.11
OR avg
8.47
US avg
7.15
2.11
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lake County
2.11
OR avg
0.83
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lake County
0
OR avg
3.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Lake County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 41037.

CityPopulation 
Lakeview 2,947 View ›
Paisley 283 View ›
Silver Lake 253 View ›
New Pine Creek 242 View ›
Plush 67 View ›
Christmas Valley 0 View ›
Stauffer 0 View ›
Blaisdell 0 View ›
Barnhardy 0 View ›
Fort Rock 0 View ›
Valley Falls 0 View ›
Quartz Mountain 0 View ›
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in OR

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Bootleg 2021 USFS 413,715
2 Saddle Draw 2014 BLM 280,310
3 LIONSHEAD 2020 BIA 198,346
4 Beachie Creek 2020 USFS 193,565
5 Chetco Bar 2017 BLM 190,524
6 Monkey Creek 2024 BLM 178,541
7 RAIL RIDGE 2024 BLM 176,660
8 Double Creek 2022 USFS 175,937
9 Klondike 2018 BLM 173,614
10 Holiday Farm 2020 USFS 173,392

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.