In 2025, fire departments serving Tillamook County responded to 260 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $75K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Apr dips.
1,166 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 273 | |
| 2022 | 330 | |
| 2023 | 215 | |
| 2024 | 88 | |
| 2025 | 260 |
For the 36 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Tillamook County during 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Tillamook | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $20,000 | Nehalem | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $2,300 | Tillamook | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 4 | $2,000 | Tillamook | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant |
| 5 | $2,000 | Manzanita | Flammable gas or liquid condition, other | Significant |
| 6 | $1,000 | Bay City | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 7 | $300 | Tillamook | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 41057.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Tillamook | 5,215 | View › |
| Bay City | 2,224 | View › |
| Pacific City | 1,767 | View › |
| Rockaway Beach | 1,393 | View › |
| Bayside Gardens | 980 | View › |
| Garibaldi | 716 | View › |
| Netarts | 622 | View › |
| Manzanita | 538 | View › |
| Pleasant Valley | 509 | View › |
| Oceanside | 472 | View › |
| Wheeler | 429 | View › |
| Neahkahnie | 302 | View › |
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bootleg | 2021 | USFS | 413,715 |
| 2 | Saddle Draw | 2014 | BLM | 280,310 |
| 3 | LIONSHEAD | 2020 | BIA | 198,346 |
| 4 | Beachie Creek | 2020 | USFS | 193,565 |
| 5 | Chetco Bar | 2017 | BLM | 190,524 |
| 6 | Monkey Creek | 2024 | BLM | 178,541 |
| 7 | RAIL RIDGE | 2024 | BLM | 176,660 |
| 8 | Double Creek | 2022 | USFS | 175,937 |
| 9 | Klondike | 2018 | BLM | 173,614 |
| 10 | Holiday Farm | 2020 | USFS | 173,392 |
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.