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2025 County Report

Fires in LaMoure County, ND

In 2025, fire departments serving LaMoure County responded to 28 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $100K property loss.

2,244 residents FIPS 38045 15 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
28
116 across 5 years
Building fires
2
5 wildland
Property loss
$472K
$307K structure · $165K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.

28
Total Incidents
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 5 17.9%
Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other 4 14.3%
Cooking fire, confined to container 3 10.7%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 3 10.7%
Fire, other 2 7.1%
All other categories 11 39.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in LaMoure County?

May peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 3
Apr 3
May 6
Jun 4
Jul 1
Aug 3
Sep 0
Oct 3
Nov 3
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in LaMoure County

116 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 29
2022 20
2023 12
2024 27
2025 28
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 2 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
61%
11
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
17%
3
Under investigation
11%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
11%
2
05 The biggest fires

7 fires · $307K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in LaMoure County during 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $100,000 Adrian Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
2 $75,000 lamoure Building fires Significant
3 $60,000 edgeley Passenger vehicle fire Significant
4 $40,000 Lamoure Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
5 $20,000 Edgeley Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
6 $7,000 lamoure Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
7 $5,000 Lamoure Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
06 How LaMoure County compares

LaMoure County vs ND vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

12.48
Incidents per 1,000 residents
LaMoure County
12.48
ND avg
7.91
US avg
7.15
0.89
Building fires per 1,000 residents
LaMoure County
0.89
ND avg
0.77
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
LaMoure County
0
ND avg
11.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in LaMoure County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 38045.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in ND

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Windy 2021 USFS 16,161
2 Elkhorn 2024 USFS 10,884
3 Pautre 2013 USFS 10,679
4 LITTLE SWALLOW 2021 BIA 9,057
5 BlackHorseCreek 2006 USFS 7,830
6 Mike'SCreek 1988 USFS 5,819
7 Hwy31 & 101ST West 2022 BIA 5,289
8 Horse Pasture 2021 USFS 4,647
9 Roosevelt Creek 2021 USFS 4,580
10 RidgeRoad 2015 USFS 3,328

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.