In 2025, fire departments serving Yavapai County responded to 1,470 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $375K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Top five categories make up about 45% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Oct dips.
7,551 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1,620 | |
| 2022 | 1,496 | |
| 2023 | 1,601 | |
| 2024 | 1,364 | |
| 2025 | 1,470 |
For the 93 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Yavapai County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 45% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $375,000 | Town of Chino Valley | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $364,065 | Mayer | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $360,000 | Prescott | Building fires | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Groom Creek | Building fires | Major |
| 5 | $350,000 | CAMP VERDE | Building fires | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Paulden | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | RIMROCK | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Prescott | Building fires | Major |
| 9 | $250,000 | Prescott Valley | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Major |
| 10 | $250,000 | CAMP VERDE | Building fires | Major |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 04025.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Prescott Valley | 47,015 | View › |
| Prescott | 46,054 | View › |
| Chino Valley | 13,120 | View › |
| Cottonwood | 12,314 | View › |
| Camp Verde | 12,132 | View › |
| Verde Village | 12,005 | View › |
| Sedona | 9,739 | View › |
| Williamson | 5,999 | View › |
| Village of Oak Creek | 5,915 | View › |
| Clarkdale | 4,528 | View › |
| Lake Montezuma | 4,526 | View › |
| Paulden | 4,518 | View › |
4 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 | Rodeo-Chediski | 2002 | USFS | 460,563 |
| 2 | Horseshoe 2 | 2011 | NPS | 222,989 |
| 3 | Bush | 2020 | USFS | 193,603 |
| 4 | Telegraph | 2021 | USFS | 180,756 |
| 5 | Woodbury Fire | 2019 | NPS | 123,973 |
| 6 | Woodbury | 2019 | USFS | 123,832 |
| 7 | BIGHORN | 2020 | USFS | 119,634 |
| 8 | Rafael | 2021 | USFS | 78,064 |
| 9 | MESCAL | 2021 | BLM | 72,250 |
| 10 | MANGUM | 2020 | USFS | 71,484 |
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.