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2025 County Report

Fires in Park County, MT

In 2025, fire departments serving Park County responded to 124 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $200K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

12,169 residents FIPS 30067 38 cities · 10 fire depts
Total incidents
124
792 across 5 years
Building fires
7
12 wildland
Property loss
$298K
$267K structure · $31K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 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 68% of all calls.

124
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 51 41.1%
Power line down 15 12.1%
Building fires 7 5.6%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 6 4.8%
Carbon monoxide incident 6 4.8%
All other categories 39 31.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Park County?

Oct peaks. Sep dips.

Jan 7
Feb 12
Mar 12
Apr 7
May 11
Jun 13
Jul 9
Aug 14
Sep 5
Oct 16
Nov 6
Dec 12
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Park County

792 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 194
2022 153
2023 189
2024 132
2025 124
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 7 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
50%
11
Cause undetermined
9%
2
Intentional / arson
9%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
18%
4
Under investigation
9%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $267K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $200,000 Livingston Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence Significant
2 $50,000 Livingston Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
3 $8,000 Livingston Passenger vehicle fire Significant
4 $3,000 Livingston Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $2,500 Livingston Fire, other Significant
6 $2,000 Livingston Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
7 $1,500 City of Livingston Building fires Significant
8 $200 Emigrant Building fires Significant
9 $2 Livingston Building fires Significant
10 $1 Emigrant Fire, other Significant
06 How Park County compares

Park County vs MT vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

10.19
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Park County
10.19
MT avg
7.52
US avg
7.15
0.58
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Park County
0.58
MT avg
0.62
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Park County
0
MT avg
5.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Park County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 30067.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Park County

10 departments report from this county.

livingston
Livingston
FDID 49001 105 incidents 15 paid
Paradise Valley FSA
Emigrant
FDID 49016 18 incidents 25 vol
Gardiner VFD
—
FDID 49013 1 incidents
Clyde Park VFD
Clyde Park
FDID 49003 0 incidents 14 vol
Park County RVFD
Livingston
FDID 49011 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in MT

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Lodgepole Complex 2017 BLM 271,420
2 Derby 2006 USFS 207,237
3 Rice Ridge 2017 USFS 160,001
4 Pine Ridge Complex 2006 BLM 114,655
5 Dunn Mountain 2008 BLM 102,324
6 SartinDraw 2017 USFS 99,713
7 TaylorCreek 2012 USFS 62,148
8 Trail Creek 2021 USFS 62,012
9 Stag 2000 USFS 61,727
10 StormCreek 1988 USFS 58,721

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.