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2025 County Report

Fires in Lincoln County, ID

In 2025, fire departments serving Lincoln County responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $75K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

2,490 residents FIPS 16063 9 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
11
140 across 5 years
Building fires
2
3 wildland
Property loss
$116K
$80K structure · $36K 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 73% of all calls.

11
Total Incidents
Building fires 2 18.2%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 2 18.2%
Authorized controlled burning 2 18.2%
Passenger vehicle fire 1 9.1%
Aircraft fire 1 9.1%
All other categories 3 27.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Lincoln County?

Jun peaks. Feb dips.

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

Year over year in Lincoln County

140 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 44
2022 30
2023 30
2024 25
2025 11
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
33%
2
Cause undetermined
33%
2
Intentional / arson
17%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
17%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $80K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Lincoln County during 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $75,000 Dietrich Building fires Significant
2 $5,000 Richfield Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Lincoln County compares

Lincoln County vs ID vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

4.42
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lincoln County
4.42
ID avg
8.41
US avg
7.15
0.8
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lincoln County
0.8
ID avg
0.8
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lincoln County
0
ID avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Lincoln County

9 cities mapped to FIPS 16063.

CityPopulation 
Shoshone 1,687 View ›
Richfield 509 View ›
Dietrich 294 View ›
Owinza 0 View ›
Besslen 0 View ›
Burmah 0 View ›
Tunupa 0 View ›
Kimama 0 View ›
Pagari 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Lincoln County

3 departments report from this county.

Dietrich Fire District
Dietrich
FDID 63306 6 incidents 11 vol
Richfield Fire Protection Dist
Richfield
FDID 63308 5 incidents 10 vol
Shoshone CityRural Fire Dept
Shoshone
FDID 63301 0 incidents 14 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in ID

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Elk Mountain 2007 BLM 578,403
2 LONG BUTTE 2010 BLM 305,994
3 Mustang Complex 2012 USFS 287,852
4 SODA 2015 BLM 279,111
5 Diamond Pt Complex 2000 USFS 234,315
6 Pioneer 2016 USFS 188,404
7 PADDOCK 2024 BLM 187,184
8 Halstead 2012 USFS 179,308
9 Clear Creek 2000 USFS 164,755
10 Moose 2022 USFS 130,197

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.