In 2025, fire departments serving Utah County responded to 2,435 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $4.0M property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Dec dips.
12,637 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2,352 | |
| 2022 | 2,757 | |
| 2023 | 2,618 | |
| 2024 | 2,475 | |
| 2025 | 2,435 |
For the 197 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Utah County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 70% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $4,000,000 | Eagle Mountain | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Utah County | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $1,500,000 | Provo | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Provo | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $1,000,000 | Spanish Fork | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $800,000 | Eagle Mtn | Building fires | Major |
| 7 | $800,000 | Highland | Building fires | Major |
| 8 | $600,000 | Provo | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $500,000 | Lehi | Building fires | Major |
| 10 | $437,000 | Spanish Fork | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 49049.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Provo | 114,400 | View › |
| Orem | 97,100 | View › |
| Lehi | 77,110 | View › |
| Eagle Mountain | 46,109 | View › |
| Spanish Fork | 42,694 | View › |
| Saratoga Springs | 40,391 | View › |
| Pleasant Grove | 37,453 | View › |
| Springville | 35,195 | View › |
| American Fork | 33,986 | View › |
| Payson | 21,529 | View › |
| Highland | 19,267 | View › |
| Santaquin | 14,463 | View › |
21 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milford Flat | 2007 | USFS | 337,676 |
| 2 | Milford Flat | 2007 | BLM | 337,676 |
| 3 | Leamington Complex | 1996 | USFS | 157,943 |
| 4 | Leamington Complex | 1996 | USFS | 157,943 |
| 5 | Clay Springs | 2012 | USFS | 107,766 |
| 6 | Clay Springs | 2012 | BLM | 107,766 |
| 7 | Pole Creek | 2018 | BLM | 101,423 |
| 8 | PHINNEY LAKE | 2020 | USFS | 91,320 |
| 9 | Diamond Creek | 2002 | BLM | 88,420 |
| 10 | EAST FORK | 2020 | USFS | 87,067 |
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.