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2025 County Report

Fires in Menominee County, WI

In 2025, fire departments serving Menominee County responded to 59 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200 property loss.

3,962 residents FIPS 55078 6 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
59
231 across 5 years
Building fires
3
8 wildland
Property loss
$200
$200 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.

59
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 18 30.5%
Carbon monoxide incident 13 22.0%
Building fires 3 5.1%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 3 5.1%
Power line down 3 5.1%
All other categories 19 32.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Menominee County?

May peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 7
Feb 4
Mar 8
Apr 3
May 9
Jun 4
Jul 5
Aug 5
Sep 1
Oct 3
Nov 5
Dec 5
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Menominee County

231 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 28
2022 35
2023 40
2024 69
2025 59
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 3 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
0%
0
Cause undetermined
33%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
67%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $200 in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Menominee County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $200 Keshena Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other Significant
06 How Menominee County compares

Menominee County vs WI vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

14.89
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Menominee County
14.89
WI avg
8.73
US avg
7.15
0.76
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Menominee County
0.76
WI avg
1.73
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Menominee County
0
WI avg
14.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Menominee County

6 cities mapped to FIPS 55078.

CityPopulation 
Legend Lake 1,530 View ›
Keshena 1,424 View ›
Neopit 685 View ›
Middle Village 173 View ›
Zoar 150 View ›
Keshena Falls 0 View ›
08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Menominee County

1 departments report from this county.

Menominee TWP Fire Dept
Keshena
FDID 72000 48 incidents 37 paid 37 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.