In 2025, fire departments serving Apple Valley responded to 23 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 91% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
83 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $22K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 0 | — | |
| 2022* | 4 | — | |
| 2023 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | 35 | +66.7% | |
| 2025 | 23 | -34.3% |
* Well below Apple Valley's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 0 building fires Apple Valley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 8 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Storage area, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 1 | 12.5% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Apple Valley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Other static discharge | 1 | 12.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Apple Valley departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Apple Valley sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 517,734 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 71,675 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 65,480 | 45.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 50,737 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 35,639 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 34,200 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 29,933 | 37.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 21,105 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 18,235 | 49.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 17,688 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,632 | 12.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 16,816 | 48.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Natural | 12,641 | 36.4 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 84737 | 83 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Apple Valley. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 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. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.