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2025 County Report

Fires in San Juan County, CO

In 2025, fire departments serving San Juan County responded to 1 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $30K property loss.

613 residents FIPS 08111 5 cities · 1 fire depts
Total incidents
1
8 across 5 years
Building fires
0
0 wildland
Property loss
$40K
$30K structure · $10K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.

1
Total Incidents
Passenger vehicle fire 1 100.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in San Juan County?

Jul peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 0
Mar 0
Apr 0
May 0
Jun 0
Jul 1
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in San Juan County

8 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 4
2022 2
2023 1
2024 0
2025 1
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 0 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
100%
1
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

1 fires · $30K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in San Juan County during 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $30,000 Somerset Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How San Juan County compares

San Juan County vs CO vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

1.63
Incidents per 1,000 residents
San Juan County
1.63
CO avg
8.02
US avg
7.15
0
Building fires per 1,000 residents
San Juan County
0
CO avg
0.53
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
San Juan County
0
CO avg
4.8
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in San Juan County

5 cities mapped to FIPS 08111.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in San Juan County

1 departments report from this county.

SILVERTON SAN JUAN VFD
SILVERTON
FDID 11130 0 incidents 32 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in CO

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Cameron Peak 2020 USFS 208,912
2 Pine Gulch 2020 BLM 138,802
3 Hayman 2002 USFS 137,760
4 Spring Creek 2018 BLM 108,045
5 High Park 2012 BLM 87,306
6 MISSIONARY RIDGE 2002 USFS 70,480
7 WEST FORK 2013 USFS 56,575
8 416 2018 USFS 54,130
9 Papoose 2013 USFS 49,282
10 Bridger 2008 BLM 46,588

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.