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2025 County Report

Fires in Logan County, CO

In 2025, fire departments serving Logan County responded to 117 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

15,263 residents FIPS 08075 30 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
117
1,309 across 5 years
Building fires
13
29 wildland
Property loss
$721K
$554K structure · $167K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.

117
Total Incidents
Grass fire 23 19.7%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 19 16.2%
Building fires 13 11.1%
Passenger vehicle fire 8 6.8%
Carbon monoxide incident 7 6.0%
All other categories 47 40.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Logan County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 14
Feb 19
Mar 35
Apr 27
May 6
Jun 1
Jul 2
Aug 1
Sep 1
Oct 3
Nov 6
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Logan County

1,309 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 277
2022 375
2023 278
2024 262
2025 117
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 13 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
45%
13
Cause undetermined
17%
5
Intentional / arson
10%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
14%
4
Under investigation
14%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $545K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Logan County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 98% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $200,000 Fleming Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
2 $200,000 Sterling Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire Significant
3 $75,000 Sterling Building fires Significant
4 $20,000 Sterling Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $15,000 Sterling Building fires Significant
6 $15,000 Sterling Building fires Significant
7 $5,000 Sterling Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire Significant
8 $5,000 Padroni Building fires Significant
9 $5,000 Sterling Building fires Significant
10 $5,000 Sterling Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Logan County compares

Logan County vs CO vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.67
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Logan County
7.67
CO avg
8.02
US avg
7.15
0.85
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Logan County
0.85
CO avg
0.53
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Logan County
0
CO avg
4.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Logan County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 08075.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Logan County

6 departments report from this county.

STERLING FIRE RESCUE
STERLING
FDID 07530 71 incidents 16 paid 14 vol
MERINO FD
MERINO
FDID 07522 27 incidents 20 vol
FLEMING FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT
FLEMING
FDID 07515 12 incidents 16 vol
CROOK VFD
CROOK
FDID 07505 0 incidents 24 vol
PEETZ FD
PEETZ
FDID 07525 0 incidents 24 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in CO

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Cameron Peak 2020 USFS 208,912
2 Pine Gulch 2020 BLM 138,802
3 Hayman 2002 USFS 137,760
4 Spring Creek 2018 BLM 108,045
5 High Park 2012 BLM 87,306
6 MISSIONARY RIDGE 2002 USFS 70,480
7 WEST FORK 2013 USFS 56,575
8 416 2018 USFS 54,130
9 Papoose 2013 USFS 49,282
10 Bridger 2008 BLM 46,588

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.