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2025 County Report

Fires in Woods County, OK

In 2025, fire departments serving Woods County responded to 141 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $80K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

6,085 residents FIPS 40151 14 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
141
950 across 5 years
Building fires
5
23 wildland
Property loss
$271K
$218K structure · $53K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Aircraft standby lead by count. Top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.

141
Total Incidents
Aircraft standby 27 19.1%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 25 17.7%
Power line down 22 15.6%
Grass fire 14 9.9%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 8 5.7%
All other categories 45 31.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Woods County?

Mar peaks. May dips.

Jan 11
Feb 10
Mar 34
Apr 9
May 5
Jun 16
Jul 10
Aug 9
Sep 9
Oct 8
Nov 6
Dec 14
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Woods County

950 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 65
2022 255
2023 270
2024 219
2025 141
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
47%
8
Cause undetermined
12%
2
Intentional / arson
6%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
24%
4
Under investigation
12%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
-1%
0
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $218K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $80,000 dacoma Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
2 $65,000 WAYNOKA Building fires Significant
3 $50,000 ALVA Outside equipment fire Significant
4 $10,000 Alva Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $5,000 Alva Building fires Significant
6 $2,000 Alva Building fires Significant
7 $2,000 ALVA Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
8 $1,500 Alva Passenger vehicle fire Significant
9 $1,000 dacoma Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
10 $1,000 dacoma Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire Significant
06 How Woods County compares

Woods County vs OK vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

23.17
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Woods County
23.17
OK avg
10.18
US avg
7.15
0.82
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Woods County
0.82
OK avg
0.91
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Woods County
0
OK avg
6.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Woods County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 40151.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Woods County

6 departments report from this county.

Alva
Alva
FDID 76001 166 incidents 7 paid
Dacoma
—
FDID 76004 12 incidents 15 vol
Capron
—
FDID 76003 11 incidents 14 vol
Greenleaf Rural
—
FDID 76002 0 incidents
Freedom
Freedom
FDID 76005 0 incidents 18 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in OK

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West 60 2018 BIA 20,304
2 CANDY CREEK 2021 BIA 18,252
3 HWY 123 2023 BIA 17,220
4 RUSH 2024 FWS 12,461
5 NORTH DRUM 2023 BIA 11,486
6 ZINK 2023 BIA 11,286
7 Biggy 2018 BIA 10,360
8 Crater Creek 2015 FWS 9,769
9 ZINK 2024 BIA 8,101
10 JAVINE 2021 BIA 7,448

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.