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2025 County Report

Fires in Wyoming County, NY

In 2025, fire departments serving Wyoming County responded to 127 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $500K property loss.

42,287 residents FIPS 36121 64 cities · 0 fire depts
Total incidents
127
647 across 5 years
Building fires
36
1 wildland
Property loss
$500K
$500K structure · $50 contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 77% of all calls.

127
Total Incidents
Building fires 36 28.3%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 21 16.5%
Power line down 20 15.7%
Carbon monoxide incident 16 12.6%
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other 5 3.9%
All other categories 29 22.8%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Wyoming County?

Nov peaks. Aug dips.

Jan 13
Feb 14
Mar 14
Apr 9
May 16
Jun 4
Jul 6
Aug 3
Sep 8
Oct 8
Nov 19
Dec 13
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Wyoming County

647 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 60
2022 159
2023 155
2024 146
2025 127
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 36 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
33%
3
Cause undetermined
11%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
22%
2
Under investigation
33%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
05 The biggest fires

2 fires · $500K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Wyoming County during 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $500,000 Pike Building fires Major
2 $10 BENNINGTON Flammable gas or liquid condition, other Significant
06 How Wyoming County compares

Wyoming County vs NY vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

3
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Wyoming County
3
NY avg
3.48
US avg
7.15
0.85
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Wyoming County
0.85
NY avg
0.2
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Wyoming County
0
NY avg
1.1
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Wyoming County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 36121.

09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in NY

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Great Kills Blowup 2010 NPS 143
2 GK3 1996 NPS 98
3 NYIRR-FY19-RX-J Units 2019 FWS 81
4 GK06-01 2006 NPS 60
5 DRIFTFENCE 2001 NPS 58
6 north40 1997 NPS 51
7 HugeFire 1994 NPS 46
8 GOLF 2006 NPS 45
9 GRKILLS002 1999 NPS 41
10 Spring Creek 1 2014 NPS 39

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.