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2025 County Report

Fires in Price County, WI

In 2025, fire departments serving Price County responded to 107 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $250K property loss.

4,933 residents FIPS 55099 16 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
107
473 across 5 years
Building fires
27
14 wildland
Property loss
$1.8M
$996K structure · $798K contents
Casualties
5 / 1
5 civ deaths · 1 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 60% of all calls.

107
Total Incidents
Building fires 27 25.2%
Power line down 14 13.1%
Fire, other 8 7.5%
Passenger vehicle fire 8 7.5%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 7 6.5%
All other categories 43 40.2%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Price County?

Jan peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 15
Feb 13
Mar 8
Apr 11
May 13
Jun 12
Jul 7
Aug 4
Sep 4
Oct 8
Nov 10
Dec 2
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Price County

473 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 79
2022 86
2023 80
2024 121
2025 107
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 27 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
57%
17
Cause undetermined
13%
4
Intentional / arson
3%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
7%
2
Under investigation
17%
5
Act of nature (lightning)
3%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $990K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Price County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $250,000 Prentice Building fires Major
2 $250,000 Fifield Building fires Major
3 $250,000 Park Falls Building fires Major
4 $110,000 Park Falls Building fires Significant
5 $45,000 Kennan Building fires Significant
6 $25,000 Brantwood Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $25,000 Brantwood Building fires Significant
8 $20,000 Catawba Passenger vehicle fire Significant
9 $10,000 Park Falls Building fires Significant
10 $5,000 Kennan Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Price County compares

Price County vs WI vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

21.69
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Price County
21.69
WI avg
8.73
US avg
7.15
5.47
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Price County
5.47
WI avg
1.73
US avg
0.82
1013.6
Civilian fire deaths per million
Price County
1013.6
WI avg
14.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Price County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 55099.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Price County

8 departments report from this county.

Phillips Vol Fire Dept
Phillips
FDID 50060 37 incidents
Park Falls Vol Fire Dept
Park Falls
FDID 50050 17 incidents
CatawbaHarmony Fire Dept
Catawba
FDID 50010 13 incidents
Prentice Vol Fire Dept
Prentice
FDID 50070 13 incidents
Fifield Fire Dept
Fifield
FDID 50030 12 incidents
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.