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2025 County Report

Fires in Wyoming County, PA

In 2025, fire departments serving Wyoming County responded to 174 fire and hazmat incidents.

11,931 residents FIPS 42131 52 cities · 7 fire depts
Total incidents
174
1,445 across 5 years
Building fires
55
21 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Casualties
1 / 0
1 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 69% of all calls.

174
Total Incidents
Building fires 55 31.6%
Power line down 30 17.2%
Authorized controlled burning 20 11.5%
Forest, woods or wildland fire 8 4.6%
Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue 7 4.0%
All other categories 54 31.0%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Wyoming County?

Mar peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 36
Feb 13
Mar 41
Apr 11
May 11
Jun 3
Jul 16
Aug 8
Sep 8
Oct 3
Nov 12
Dec 12
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Wyoming County

1,445 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 367
2022 306
2023 349
2024 249
2025 174
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 55 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
80%
51
Cause undetermined
3%
2
Intentional / arson
8%
5
Equipment / heat source failure
2%
1
Under investigation
6%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
1
06 How Wyoming County compares

Wyoming County vs PA vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

14.58
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Wyoming County
14.58
PA avg
6.48
US avg
7.15
4.61
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Wyoming County
4.61
PA avg
1.39
US avg
0.82
83.8
Civilian fire deaths per million
Wyoming County
83.8
PA avg
6.2
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Wyoming County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 42131.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Wyoming County

7 departments report from this county.

Lake Winola Fire Company
Lake Winola
FDID 66104 75 incidents 1 vol
Northmoreland Twp Vol Fire Com
Dallas
FDID 66115 73 incidents
F W M Vol Fire Co
Mehoopany
FDID 66111 23 incidents
Nicholson Fire Company No 1
Nicholson
FDID 66107 21 incidents 30 vol
Meshoppen Fire
Meshoppen
FDID 66106 11 incidents 15 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in PA

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

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Hopewell 2012 NPS 812
2 Blue Mountain 2024 NPS 577
3 River Road 2023 USFS 430
4 SNYDER 1999 NPS 374
5 Town Line Church 1984 USFS 207
6 Little Round Top Munshower 2021 NPS 79
7 Sugar Bay 2023 USFS 62
8 Spring 2003 USFS 53
9 Salmon Creek 2010 USFS 48
10 BELLTOWN 2011 USFS 42

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.