In 2025, fire departments serving Ramsey County responded to 5,270 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $2.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
Cooking fire, confined to container lead by count. Top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips.
24,969 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4,547 | |
| 2022 | 5,142 | |
| 2023 | 5,310 | |
| 2024 | 4,700 | |
| 2025 | 5,270 |
For the 569 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Ramsey County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 37% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Saint Paul | Rail vehicle fire | Major |
| 2 | $1,127,400 | Saint Paul | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Township of White Be | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Arden Hills | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Shoreview | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $485,000 | MOUNDS VIEW | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | Major |
| 7 | $475,000 | MOUNDS VIEW | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $430,000 | Shoreview | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $325,000 | Maplewood | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $310,000 | Roseville | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 27123.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| St. Paul | 308,806 | View › |
| Maplewood | 41,405 | View › |
| Roseville | 36,066 | View › |
| Shoreview | 26,846 | View › |
| White Bear Lake | 24,317 | View › |
| New Brighton | 23,141 | View › |
| Mounds View | 13,100 | View › |
| Vadnais Heights | 12,864 | View › |
| North St. Paul | 12,465 | View › |
| Little Canada | 10,624 | View › |
| Arden Hills | 9,805 | View › |
| Falcon Heights | 5,232 | View › |
13 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 | Greenwood | 2021 | USFS | 26,829 |
| 2 | MNGLR-FY21-WF-Oxcart | 2021 | FWS | 12,536 |
| 3 | Palsburg | 2015 | FWS | 4,456 |
| 4 | Agassiz NWR Project RX | 2024 | FWS | 4,208 |
| 5 | MNSBR-FY19-RX-UNIT 4a 6 6a | 2019 | FWS | 2,989 |
| 6 | RL 005 UNIT 8 & 9 | 2021 | BIA | 2,937 |
| 7 | 4 Square Mile RX | 2024 | FWS | 2,481 |
| 8 | RL 029 | 2018 | BIA | 2,360 |
| 9 | Unit 8E RX | 2024 | FWS | 2,241 |
| 10 | MNSBR-FY19-RX-UNIT 7 9 11 | 2019 | FWS | 2,193 |
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.