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2025 County Report

Fires in Schoharie County, NY

In 2025, fire departments serving Schoharie County responded to 83 fire and hazmat incidents.

30,228 residents FIPS 36095 65 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
83
435 across 5 years
Building fires
19
3 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 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 64% of all calls.

83
Total Incidents
Building fires 19 22.9%
Power line down 10 12.0%
Carbon monoxide incident 9 10.8%
Authorized controlled burning 8 9.6%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 7 8.4%
All other categories 30 36.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Schoharie County?

Mar peaks. Jul dips.

Jan 9
Feb 13
Mar 17
Apr 11
May 5
Jun 3
Jul 1
Aug 2
Sep 2
Oct 9
Nov 6
Dec 5
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Schoharie County

435 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 40
2022 94
2023 107
2024 111
2025 83
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 19 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
54%
7
Cause undetermined
15%
2
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
23%
3
Under investigation
8%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
06 How Schoharie County compares

Schoharie County vs NY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

2.75
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Schoharie County
2.75
NY avg
3.48
US avg
7.15
0.63
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Schoharie County
0.63
NY avg
0.2
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Schoharie County
0
NY avg
1.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Schoharie County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 36095.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NY

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Great Kills Blowup 2010 NPS 143
2 GK3 1996 NPS 98
3 NYIRR-FY19-RX-J Units 2019 FWS 81
4 GK06-01 2006 NPS 60
5 DRIFTFENCE 2001 NPS 58
6 north40 1997 NPS 51
7 HugeFire 1994 NPS 46
8 GOLF 2006 NPS 45
9 GRKILLS002 1999 NPS 41
10 Spring Creek 1 2014 NPS 39

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.