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2025 County Report

Fires in McCone County, MT

In 2025, fire departments serving McCone County responded to 5 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.

545 residents FIPS 30055 8 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
5
66 across 5 years
Building fires
0
0 wildland
Property loss
$2.0M
$1.0M structure · $1.0M contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Fire, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

5
Total Incidents
Fire, other 5 100.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in McCone County?

Sep peaks. Feb dips.

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

Year over year in McCone County

66 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 28
2022 9
2023 15
2024 9
2025 5
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
80%
4
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
20%
1
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $1.0M in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $1,000,000 CIRCLE Fire, other Major
2 $20,000 Circle Fire, other Significant
06 How McCone County compares

McCone County vs MT vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

9.17
Incidents per 1,000 residents
McCone County
9.17
MT avg
7.52
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
McCone County
0
MT avg
0.62
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
McCone County
0
MT avg
5.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in McCone County

8 cities mapped to FIPS 30055.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in McCone County

2 departments report from this county.

McCone County Vol FD
—
FDID 41002 5 incidents
Circle VFD
—
FDID 41001 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in MT

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Lodgepole Complex 2017 BLM 271,420
2 Derby 2006 USFS 207,237
3 Rice Ridge 2017 USFS 160,001
4 Pine Ridge Complex 2006 BLM 114,655
5 Dunn Mountain 2008 BLM 102,324
6 SartinDraw 2017 USFS 99,713
7 TaylorCreek 2012 USFS 62,148
8 Trail Creek 2021 USFS 62,012
9 Stag 2000 USFS 61,727
10 StormCreek 1988 USFS 58,721

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.