In 2025, fire departments serving Muskegon County responded to 2,042 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $800K property loss.
Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
May peaks. Dec dips.
11,543 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,216 | |
| 2022 | 2,105 | |
| 2023 | 2,676 | |
| 2024 | 2,504 | |
| 2025 | 2,042 |
For the 221 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Muskegon County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 53% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | NORTON SHORES | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | MUSKEGON | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | NORTON SHORES | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | MONTAGUE | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | SULLIVAN TOWNSHIP | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | NORTON SHORES | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | NORTON SHORES | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $140,590 | WHITEHALL TOWNSHIP | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant |
| 9 | $135,000 | MONTAGUE | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $120,000 | MUSKEGON | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 26121.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Muskegon | 38,286 | View › |
| Norton Shores | 24,984 | View › |
| Muskegon Heights | 9,954 | View › |
| Roosevelt Park | 4,139 | View › |
| Wolf Lake | 4,128 | View › |
| North Muskegon | 4,076 | View › |
| Whitehall | 2,935 | View › |
| Montague | 2,514 | View › |
| Twin Lake | 1,885 | View › |
| Ravenna | 1,437 | View › |
| Fruitport | 1,388 | View › |
| Lakewood Club | 1,342 | View › |
14 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brittle | 2021 | USFS | 5,666 |
| 2 | 21-SLBE Lasso Loop burn | 2021 | NPS | 577 |
| 3 | 21-SLBE Peterson | 2021 | NPS | 512 |
| 4 | 21-SLBE Otter Creek burn | 2021 | NPS | 506 |
| 5 | Horn | 2021 | NPS | 485 |
| 6 | Unhappy Camper | 2015 | USFS | 471 |
| 7 | 21-SLBE Bass Lake burn | 2021 | NPS | 405 |
| 8 | Good Harbor Trail RX | 2023 | NPS | 342 |
| 9 | Summit Lake | 2024 | USFS | 327 |
| 10 | MISNR-FY19-RX-Red Pine Natural Area | 2019 | FWS | 172 |
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.