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In 2025, fire departments serving Arcata responded to 108 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $416K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Arcata's departments reported 108 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 189 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Special outside fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Sep dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
945 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $4.1M cumulative property loss. 6 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 246 | — | |
| 2022 | 219 | -11.0% | |
| 2023 | 227 | +3.7% | |
| 2024 | 145 | -36.1% | |
| 2025* | 108 | — |
* Well below Arcata'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 16 building fires Arcata departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 652 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 | Undetermined | 162 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 97 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 80 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 57 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 45 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 43 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 15 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 102 | 15.6% |
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 Arcata mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 405 | 62.1% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 76 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 3.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 18 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Match | 13 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 10 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Radiated heat from another fire | 10 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 63 | 9.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Arcata departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 95% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $416,370 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $130,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $104,093 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $85,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,801 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Arcata sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
21 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 3 | |
| 20-29 | 3 | |
| 30-39 | 5 | |
| 40-49 | 5 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 830,620 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 142,386 | 39.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 124,898 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 68,040 | 32.2 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 66,113 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 38,394 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35,101 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 34,006 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 32,059 | 48.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 31,419 | 41.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 27,150 | 36.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,398 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,199 | 41.6 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Arcata. 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.