In 2025, fire departments serving Carlin responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
207 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $126K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 41 | — | |
| 2022 | 69 | +68.3% | |
| 2023 | 47 | -31.9% | |
| 2024* | 17 | — | |
| 2025 | 33 | — |
* Well below Carlin'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 5 building fires Carlin departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 80 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 | 15 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 10 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 10 | Function area, other | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 24 | 30.0% |
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 Carlin mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 27 | 33.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 11 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 10 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 8.8% | |
| 6 | Match | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 10 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 9 | 11.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Carlin departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $500 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Carlin sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,698,049 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Natural | 204,947 | 38.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 199,288 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 150,270 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 122,292 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 110,826 | 17.2 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 96,986 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 83,723 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 78,456 | 4.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 71,934 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 59,741 | 38.6 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 54,677 | 24.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 48,671 | 14.3 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 | 89822 | 207 |
Six Nevada cities with population within ±25% of Carlin. 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.