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2025 County Report

Fires in Morgan County, UT

In 2025, fire departments serving Morgan County responded to 69 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $950K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

7,819 residents FIPS 49029 11 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
69
377 across 5 years
Building fires
4
12 wildland
Property loss
$1.9M
$1.3M structure · $643K contents
Casualties
1 / 0
1 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 58% of all calls.

69
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 16 23.2%
Power line down 9 13.0%
Grass fire 6 8.7%
Unauthorized burning 5 7.2%
Building fires 4 5.8%
All other categories 29 42.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Morgan County?

May peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 9
Feb 7
Mar 4
Apr 9
May 11
Jun 9
Jul 4
Aug 7
Sep 4
Oct 3
Nov 2
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Morgan County

377 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 127
2022 64
2023 83
2024 34
2025 69
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 4 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
43%
3
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
29%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
14%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
14%
1
05 The biggest fires

6 fires · $1.3M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Morgan County during 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $950,000 Mountain Green Building fires Major
2 $300,000 Morgan Building fires Major
3 $15,000 Morgan Passenger vehicle fire Significant
4 $15,000 Morgan Grass fire Significant
5 $10,000 Morgan Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
6 $2,000 Morgan Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill Significant
06 How Morgan County compares

Morgan County vs UT vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

8.82
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Morgan County
8.82
UT avg
5.05
US avg
7.15
0.51
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Morgan County
0.51
UT avg
0.46
US avg
0.82
127.9
Civilian fire deaths per million
Morgan County
127.9
UT avg
1.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Morgan County

11 cities mapped to FIPS 49029.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Morgan County

3 departments report from this county.

Morgan County Fire EMS Volunteer Department
—
FDID 29002 60 incidents
Mountain Green FD
Mountain Green
FDID 29003 4 incidents 24 vol
MORGAN CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT
—
FDID 29001 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in UT

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Milford Flat 2007 USFS 337,676
2 Milford Flat 2007 BLM 337,676
3 Leamington Complex 1996 USFS 157,943
4 Leamington Complex 1996 USFS 157,943
5 Clay Springs 2012 USFS 107,766
6 Clay Springs 2012 BLM 107,766
7 Pole Creek 2018 BLM 101,423
8 PHINNEY LAKE 2020 USFS 91,320
9 Diamond Creek 2002 BLM 88,420
10 EAST FORK 2020 USFS 87,067

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.