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2025 County Report

Fires in Montour County, PA

In 2025, fire departments serving Montour County responded to 41 fire and hazmat incidents.

11,110 residents FIPS 42093 18 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
41
459 across 5 years
Building fires
15
4 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.

41
Total Incidents
Building fires 15 36.6%
Oil or other combustible liquid spill 4 9.8%
Cooking fire, confined to container 2 4.9%
Fuel burner/boiler malfunction, fire confined 2 4.9%
Road freight or transport vehicle fire 2 4.9%
All other categories 16 39.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Montour County?

Mar peaks. Feb dips.

Jan 2
Feb 0
Mar 8
Apr 5
May 6
Jun 7
Jul 4
Aug 8
Sep 1
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Montour County

459 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 128
2022 121
2023 96
2024 73
2025 41
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 15 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
29%
2
Cause undetermined
29%
2
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
29%
2
Under investigation
14%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
-1%
0
06 How Montour County compares

Montour County vs PA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

3.69
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Montour County
3.69
PA avg
6.48
US avg
7.15
1.35
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Montour County
1.35
PA avg
1.39
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Montour County
0
PA avg
6.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Montour County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 42093.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Montour County

4 departments report from this county.

Valley Township Fire Departmen
Danville
FDID 47090 23 incidents 13 vol
Liberty Township Fire Company
Danville
FDID 47100 6 incidents 15 vol
Washingtonville Volunteer Fire
Washingtonville
FDID 47080 0 incidents
Danville Fire Department
Danville
FDID 47200 0 incidents 60 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in PA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Hopewell 2012 NPS 812
2 Blue Mountain 2024 NPS 577
3 River Road 2023 USFS 430
4 SNYDER 1999 NPS 374
5 Town Line Church 1984 USFS 207
6 Little Round Top Munshower 2021 NPS 79
7 Sugar Bay 2023 USFS 62
8 Spring 2003 USFS 53
9 Salmon Creek 2010 USFS 48
10 BELLTOWN 2011 USFS 42

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.