In 2025, fire departments serving Clarkdale responded to 22 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $8K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Jan peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
164 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $784K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | — | |
| 2022 | 39 | +14.7% | |
| 2023 | 36 | -7.7% | |
| 2024 | 33 | -8.3% | |
| 2025 | 22 | -33.3% |
For the 0 building fires Clarkdale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 34 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 9 | Outside area, other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 10 | Function area, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 8 | 23.5% |
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 Clarkdale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 15 | 44.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 2.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Clarkdale departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Clarkdale sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
14 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 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 4 | |
| 40-49 | 9 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 392,507 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Natural | 33,850 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 33,550 | 42.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28,516 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 23,885 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22,077 | 22.0 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 21,510 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 18,072 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 17,788 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2004 | Natural | 17,218 | 44.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 16,790 | 46.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 16,400 | 46.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Other causes | 16,240 | 39.0 mi |
Top 2 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Arizona cities with population within ±25% of Clarkdale. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Clarkdale.
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.