In 2025, fire departments serving Navajo County responded to 1,469 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $300K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Aircraft standby lead by count. Top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.
May peaks. Dec dips.
3,696 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 580 | |
| 2022 | 571 | |
| 2023 | 565 | |
| 2024 | 511 | |
| 2025 | 1,469 |
For the 40 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Navajo County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 94% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Lakeside | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $225,000 | Show Low | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Lakeside | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Winslow | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Snowflake | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Winslow | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Winslow | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Winslow | Fire, other | Significant |
| 9 | $30,000 | Show Low | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $20,000 | Winslow | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 04017.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Show Low | 11,767 | View › |
| Winslow | 8,943 | View › |
| Snowflake | 6,192 | View › |
| Kayenta | 5,366 | View › |
| Holbrook | 4,842 | View › |
| Whiteriver | 4,284 | View › |
| Pinetop-Lakeside | 4,080 | View › |
| Taylor | 4,062 | View › |
| Lake of the Woods | 3,426 | View › |
| White Mountain Lake | 2,817 | View › |
| Heber-Overgaard | 2,651 | View › |
| Linden | 2,452 | View › |
2 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 | Rodeo-Chediski | 2002 | USFS | 460,563 |
| 2 | Horseshoe 2 | 2011 | NPS | 222,989 |
| 3 | Bush | 2020 | USFS | 193,603 |
| 4 | Telegraph | 2021 | USFS | 180,756 |
| 5 | Woodbury Fire | 2019 | NPS | 123,973 |
| 6 | Woodbury | 2019 | USFS | 123,832 |
| 7 | BIGHORN | 2020 | USFS | 119,634 |
| 8 | Rafael | 2021 | USFS | 78,064 |
| 9 | MESCAL | 2021 | BLM | 72,250 |
| 10 | MANGUM | 2020 | USFS | 71,484 |
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.