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In 2025, fire departments serving Blackhawk responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 87% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
68 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $34K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | 11 | -38.9% | |
| 2024 | 22 | +100.0% | |
| 2025 | 15 | -31.8% |
* Well below Blackhawk'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 1 building fires Blackhawk departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 17 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 | Outside area, other | 5 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Art gallery, exhibit hall, library | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 10 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 5.9% |
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 Blackhawk mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 41.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Warning or road flare; fusee | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 5.9% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Blackhawk sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 707,673 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 396,624 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 43.8 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 23.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 19.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 5,018 | 36.9 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 | 94506 | 68 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Blackhawk. 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.