In 2025, fire departments serving Storey County responded to 42 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $300K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 60% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Oct dips.
326 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 88 | |
| 2022 | 58 | |
| 2023 | 72 | |
| 2024 | 66 | |
| 2025 | 42 |
For the 4 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Storey County during 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | McCarran | Outside storage fire | Major |
| 2 | $50,000 | McCarran | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Washoe County | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 4 | $20,000 | Washoe County | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 5 | $15,000 | Washoe County | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 6 | $100 | MCCarran | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
7 cities mapped to FIPS 32029.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martin | 2018 | BLM | 431,753 |
| 2 | Winters | 2006 | BLM | 238,462 |
| 3 | South Sugarloaf | 2018 | BLM | 233,461 |
| 4 | Roosters Comb | 2017 | BLM | 204,879 |
| 5 | Sadler | 1999 | BLM | 199,181 |
| 6 | WEST FORK | 2007 | BLM | 161,934 |
| 7 | West Fork | 2007 | BLM | 154,973 |
| 8 | Snowstorm | 2017 | BLM | 154,454 |
| 9 | Charleston | 2006 | BLM | 149,245 |
| 10 | Antelope 2 | 1999 | BLM | 140,277 |
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.