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2025 County Report

Fires in Washakie County, WY

In 2025, fire departments serving Washakie County responded to 109 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $40K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

5,048 residents FIPS 56043 9 cities · 2 fire depts
Total incidents
109
426 across 5 years
Building fires
5
28 wildland
Property loss
$302K
$123K structure · $180K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 1 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 54% of all calls.

109
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 19 17.4%
Accident, potential accident, other 11 10.1%
Vehicle accident, general cleanup 11 10.1%
Power line down 10 9.2%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 8 7.3%
All other categories 50 45.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Washakie County?

Jul peaks. Oct dips.

Jan 7
Feb 8
Mar 10
Apr 10
May 10
Jun 11
Jul 22
Aug 21
Sep 10
Oct 0
Nov 0
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Washakie County

426 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 63
2022 78
2023 82
2024 94
2025 109
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 5 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
43%
6
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
50%
7
Under investigation
7%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $122K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Washakie County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $40,000 City of Worland Building fires Significant
2 $25,000 Ten Sleep Cultivated grain or crop fire Significant
3 $15,000 City of Worland Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
4 $10,747 City of Worland Building fires Significant
5 $10,000 City of Worland Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
6 $7,500 Ten Sleep Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
7 $5,000 Ten Sleep Building fires Significant
8 $5,000 City of Worland Self-propelled motor home or recreational vehicle Significant
9 $3,000 City of Worland Passenger vehicle fire Significant
10 $1,000 City of Worland Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Washakie County compares

Washakie County vs WY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

21.59
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Washakie County
21.59
WY avg
5.99
US avg
7.15
0.99
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Washakie County
0.99
WY avg
0.59
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Washakie County
0
WY avg
4.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Washakie County

9 cities mapped to FIPS 56043.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Washakie County

2 departments report from this county.

WORLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
WORLAND
FDID 43507 101 incidents 1 paid 1 vol
TEN SLEEP
—
FDID 43505 17 incidents 14 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in WY

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Clover Mist 1988 USFS 341,291
2 CLOVERMIST 1988 NPS 232,190
3 Hellroaring 1988 USFS 206,358
4 Storm Creek 1988 USFS 206,056
5 East Troublesome 2020 USFS 193,693
6 Mullen 2020 USFS 176,787
7 HUCK 1988 NPS 120,297
8 Elk 2024 USFS 98,351
9 Pack Trail 2024 USFS 89,929
10 MINK 1988 NPS 88,369

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.