In 2025, fire departments serving Siskiyou County responded to 676 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $230K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Dec dips.
3,133 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 664 | |
| 2022 | 704 | |
| 2023 | 549 | |
| 2024 | 540 | |
| 2025 | 676 |
For the 53 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Siskiyou County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 78% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $230,032 | Mt Shasta | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Yreka | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Weed | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant |
| 4 | $180,000 | Weed | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $172,890 | SEIAD | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $170,000 | Yreka | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Yreka | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Weed | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $65,000 | Tulelake | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $50,000 | MS | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 06093.
20 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
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.