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2025 County Report

Fires in Logan County, ND

In 2025, fire departments serving Logan County responded to 9 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $4K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

1,142 residents FIPS 38047 6 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
9
86 across 5 years
Building fires
2
5 wildland
Property loss
$9K
$6K structure · $3K 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 100% of all calls.

9
Total Incidents
Grass fire 5 55.6%
Building fires 2 22.2%
Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 2 22.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Logan County?

May peaks. Jan dips.

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

Year over year in Logan County

86 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 24
2022 19
2023 15
2024 19
2025 9
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
86%
6
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
14%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $6K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $4,000 Napoleon Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
2 $2,000 Fredonia Building fires Significant
06 How Logan County compares

Logan County vs ND vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

7.88
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Logan County
7.88
ND avg
7.91
US avg
7.15
1.75
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Logan County
1.75
ND avg
0.77
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Logan County
0
ND avg
11.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Logan County

6 cities mapped to FIPS 38047.

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.