In 2025, fire departments serving Clearfield responded to 207 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 56% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
843 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $4.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 156 | — | |
| 2022 | 139 | -10.9% | |
| 2023 | 169 | +21.6% | |
| 2024 | 172 | +1.8% | |
| 2025 | 207 | +20.3% |
For the 38 building fires Clearfield departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 221 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 | 29 | 13.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 27 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 18 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Other | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | Wall surface: exterior | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 72 | 32.6% |
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 Clearfield mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 68 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 24 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 22 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 35 | 15.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Clearfield departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 93% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Clearfield sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 280,998 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Natural | 44,345 | 47.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 40,000 | 38.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 24,594 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | 16,267 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 15.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 14,293 | 41.6 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 10,500 | 49.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 9,880 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,000 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,000 | 44.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 6,848 | 33.8 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 Utah cities with population within ±25% of Clearfield. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
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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.