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2025 County Report

Fires in Pepin County, WI

In 2025, fire departments serving Pepin County responded to 58 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $188K property loss.

3,022 residents FIPS 55091 8 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
58
206 across 5 years
Building fires
21
8 wildland
Property loss
$603K
$504K structure · $100K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.

58
Total Incidents
Building fires 21 36.2%
Power line down 6 10.3%
Grass fire 5 8.6%
Fire, other 3 5.2%
Passenger vehicle fire 3 5.2%
All other categories 20 34.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Pepin County?

Mar peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 7
Feb 12
Mar 14
Apr 5
May 3
Jun 2
Jul 1
Aug 1
Sep 3
Oct 4
Nov 1
Dec 5
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Pepin County

206 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 42
2022 27
2023 24
2024 55
2025 58
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 21 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
53%
10
Cause undetermined
21%
4
Intentional / arson
5%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
11%
2
Under investigation
5%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $452K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Pepin County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 90% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $188,000 Stockholm Building fires Significant
2 $60,000 City of Durand Building fires Significant
3 $50,000 City of Durand Building fires Significant
4 $30,000 Stockholm Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
5 $29,000 Pepin Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
6 $25,000 City of Durand Building fires Significant
7 $25,000 City of Durand Building fires Significant
8 $18,000 City of Durand Passenger vehicle fire Significant
9 $15,000 City of Durand Building fires Significant
10 $12,000 Arkansaw Building fires Significant
06 How Pepin County compares

Pepin County vs WI vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

19.19
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Pepin County
19.19
WI avg
8.73
US avg
7.15
6.95
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Pepin County
6.95
WI avg
1.73
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Pepin County
0
WI avg
14.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Pepin County

8 cities mapped to FIPS 55091.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Pepin County

3 departments report from this county.

Durand Rural Vol Fire Dept
Durand
FDID 46010 30 incidents
Durand City Vol Fire Dept
Durand
FDID 46020 11 incidents
Pepin Fire Dept
Pepin
FDID 46040 4 incidents 11 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in WI

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Necedah WL unit 23B RX 2024 FWS 853
2 WIHRR-FY19-RX-Cattail Desert North 2019 FWS 536
3 Peters WF 2014 FWS 363
4 WINCR-FY19-RX-Triangle Complex 2019 FWS 355
5 WISCR-FY19-RX-10 Mile 2019 FWS 352
6 WINCR-FY19-RX-PR19-20 2019 FWS 349
7 WINCR-FY19-RX-PR28 2019 FWS 293
8 WINCR-FY21-WF-Railroad 2 2021 OTH 267
9 WISCR-FY19-RX-Erickson 2019 FWS 249
10 WIHRR-FY19-RX-Collien's Ditch South 2019 FWS 224

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.