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2025 County Report

Fires in Marinette County, WI

In 2025, fire departments serving Marinette County responded to 521 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $250K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

19,395 residents FIPS 55075 28 cities · 18 fire depts
Total incidents
521
2,472 across 5 years
Building fires
109
45 wildland
Property loss
$4.1M
$3.2M structure · $937K contents
Casualties
4 / 2
4 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.

521
Total Incidents
Building fires 109 20.9%
Power line down 83 15.9%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 34 6.5%
Hazardous condition, other 33 6.3%
Carbon monoxide incident 32 6.1%
All other categories 230 44.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Marinette County?

Mar peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 57
Feb 35
Mar 64
Apr 51
May 54
Jun 38
Jul 46
Aug 37
Sep 25
Oct 43
Nov 44
Dec 27
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Marinette County

2,472 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 497
2022 489
2023 443
2024 522
2025 521
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 109 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
47%
47
Cause undetermined
23%
23
Intentional / arson
9%
9
Equipment / heat source failure
17%
17
Under investigation
4%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.6M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Marinette County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 51% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $250,000 Coleman Building fires Major
2 $250,000 PESHTIGO Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Major
3 $200,000 PORTERFIELD Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
4 $200,000 Wausaukee Building fires Significant
5 $150,000 Athelstane Building fires Significant
6 $150,000 Goodman Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
7 $126,000 Amberg Building fires Significant
8 $100,000 Athelstane Building fires Significant
9 $100,000 Athelstane Fire, other Significant
10 $100,000 Marinette Building fires Significant
06 How Marinette County compares

Marinette County vs WI vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

26.86
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Marinette County
26.86
WI avg
8.73
US avg
7.15
5.62
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Marinette County
5.62
WI avg
1.73
US avg
0.82
206.2
Civilian fire deaths per million
Marinette County
206.2
WI avg
14.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Marinette County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 55075.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Marinette County

18 departments report from this county.

MARINETTE FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 38060 174 incidents
Peshtigo TN Fire Dept
Marinette
FDID 38050 74 incidents
GroverPorterfield Fire Dept
Peshtigo
FDID 38100 64 incidents
BeecherDunbarPembine Fire Dept
—
FDID 38080 32 incidents
PESHTIGO CITY FIRE DEPT
Peshtigo
FDID 38090 21 incidents 30 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in WI

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Necedah WL unit 23B RX 2024 FWS 853
2 WIHRR-FY19-RX-Cattail Desert North 2019 FWS 536
3 Peters WF 2014 FWS 363
4 WINCR-FY19-RX-Triangle Complex 2019 FWS 355
5 WISCR-FY19-RX-10 Mile 2019 FWS 352
6 WINCR-FY19-RX-PR19-20 2019 FWS 349
7 WINCR-FY19-RX-PR28 2019 FWS 293
8 WINCR-FY21-WF-Railroad 2 2021 OTH 267
9 WISCR-FY19-RX-Erickson 2019 FWS 249
10 WIHRR-FY19-RX-Collien's Ditch South 2019 FWS 224

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.