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2025 County Report

Fires in Seminole County, OK

In 2025, fire departments serving Seminole County responded to 267 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

12,355 residents FIPS 40133 18 cities · 7 fire depts
Total incidents
267
1,903 across 5 years
Building fires
27
95 wildland
Property loss
$986K
$896K structure · $89K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 59% of all calls.

267
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 47 17.6%
Grass fire 42 15.7%
Building fires 27 10.1%
Power line down 23 8.6%
Authorized controlled burning 19 7.1%
All other categories 109 40.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Seminole County?

Mar peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 42
Feb 25
Mar 93
Apr 30
May 16
Jun 22
Jul 9
Aug 15
Sep 6
Oct 9
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Seminole County

1,903 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 374
2022 581
2023 352
2024 329
2025 267
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
47%
23
Cause undetermined
16%
8
Intentional / arson
6%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
8%
4
Under investigation
16%
8
Act of nature (lightning)
7%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $801K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Seminole County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 89% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $500,000 SASAKWA Oil or other combustible liquid spill Major
2 $50,000 Seminole Passenger vehicle fire Significant
3 $50,000 Seminole Fires in structures other than in a building Significant
4 $43,000 Wewoka Building fires Significant
5 $43,000 Cromwell Building fires Significant
6 $40,000 Bowlegs Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $20,000 Seminole Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
8 $20,000 Seminole Building fires Significant
9 $18,000 KONAWA Building fires Significant
10 $16,500 KONAWA Building fires Significant
06 How Seminole County compares

Seminole County vs OK vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

21.61
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Seminole County
21.61
OK avg
10.18
US avg
7.15
2.19
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Seminole County
2.19
OK avg
0.91
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Seminole County
0
OK avg
6.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Seminole County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 40133.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Seminole County

7 departments report from this county.

Seminole
—
FDID 67006 161 incidents 13 paid
Konawa
Konawa
FDID 67003 45 incidents 16 vol
Cromwell
Cromwell
FDID 67002 43 incidents 14 vol
Bowlegs
Bowlegs
FDID 67001 42 incidents 18 vol
Sasakwa
Sasakwa
FDID 67005 1 incidents 6 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in OK

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West 60 2018 BIA 20,304
2 CANDY CREEK 2021 BIA 18,252
3 HWY 123 2023 BIA 17,220
4 RUSH 2024 FWS 12,461
5 NORTH DRUM 2023 BIA 11,486
6 ZINK 2023 BIA 11,286
7 Biggy 2018 BIA 10,360
8 Crater Creek 2015 FWS 9,769
9 ZINK 2024 BIA 8,101
10 JAVINE 2021 BIA 7,448

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.