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2025 County Report

Fires in Page County, IA

In 2025, fire departments serving Page County responded to 126 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $300K property loss.

12,168 residents FIPS 19145 17 cities · 10 fire depts
Total incidents
126
534 across 5 years
Building fires
11
49 wildland
Property loss
$1.3M
$1.0M structure · $330K contents
Casualties
0 / 2
0 civ deaths · 1 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 58% of all calls.

126
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 23 18.3%
Grass fire 19 15.1%
Building fires 11 8.7%
Chemical spill or leak 11 8.7%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 9 7.1%
All other categories 53 42.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Page County?

Feb peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 12
Feb 21
Mar 17
Apr 11
May 10
Jun 9
Jul 3
Aug 12
Sep 5
Oct 17
Nov 6
Dec 3
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Page County

534 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 84
2022 99
2023 97
2024 128
2025 126
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 11 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
52%
22
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
17%
7
Equipment / heat source failure
19%
8
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
12%
5
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.0M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Page County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $300,000 City of Clarinda Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Major
2 $300,000 City of Clarinda Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Major
3 $202,590 City of Coin Building fires Significant
4 $60,000 City of Clarinda Building fires Significant
5 $52,000 City of Shenandoah Passenger vehicle fire Significant
6 $50,000 City of Clarinda Building fires Significant
7 $25,000 City of Shenandoah Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $20,000 City of Clarinda Building fires Significant
9 $3,000 City of College Spri Outside equipment fire Significant
10 $2,000 City of Clarinda Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Page County compares

Page County vs IA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

10.36
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Page County
10.36
IA avg
9.41
US avg
7.15
0.9
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Page County
0.9
IA avg
1.15
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Page County
0
IA avg
7.3
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Page County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 19145.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Page County

10 departments report from this county.

CLARINDA FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 73003 68 incidents
SHENANDOAH FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 73011 46 incidents
COLLEGE SPRINGS FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 73006 15 incidents
ESSEX FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 73007 13 incidents
BRADDYVILLE FIRE DEPT
—
FDID 73002 1 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in IA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 IAWTR-FY19-RX-Dunbar Slough 2019 FWS 759
2 IANSR-FY19-RX-Highpoint Savanna 2019 FWS 737
3 IANSR-FY19-RX-N. Bison/Henslow hill 2019 FWS 482
4 Upper Iowa River Wildfire 2024 FWS 465
5 Cornland Wildfire 2018 FWS 402
6 Bottoms WF 2021 PRI 353
7 Crane Lake WF 2021 State 349
8 IAWTR-FY19-RX-Union Hills North 2019 FWS 315
9 Schott WF 2018 FWS 314
10 IAWTR-FY19-RX-Errington Marsh 2019 FWS 304

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.