In 2025, fire departments serving Pierce County responded to 227 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $400K property loss.
Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Dec dips.
1,027 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 175 | |
| 2022 | 211 | |
| 2023 | 194 | |
| 2024 | 220 | |
| 2025 | 227 |
For the 60 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Pierce County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 83% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Maiden Rock | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Ellsworth | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $390,000 | River Falls | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | City of Prescott | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $190,000 | Madien Rock | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | River Falls | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | River Falls | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Beldenville | Water vehicle fire | Significant |
| 9 | $50,000 | Hager City | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $50,000 | Hager City | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 55093.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| River Falls | 16,165 | View › |
| Prescott | 4,343 | View › |
| Ellsworth | 3,323 | View › |
| Spring Valley | 1,284 | View › |
| Elmwood | 683 | View › |
| Plum City | 593 | View › |
| Bay City | 362 | View › |
| Hager City | 227 | View › |
| Diamond Bluff | 209 | View › |
| Maiden Rock | 96 | View › |
| Trimbelle | 0 | View › |
| Ono | 0 | View › |
7 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 | 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 |
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.