In 2025, fire departments serving Clinton responded to 91 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 68% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
440 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $1.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 81 | — | |
| 2022 | 103 | +27.2% | |
| 2023 | 81 | -21.4% | |
| 2024 | 84 | +3.7% | |
| 2025 | 91 | +8.3% |
For the 2 building fires Clinton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 84 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 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 10 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 10 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Wall surface: exterior | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 19 | 22.6% |
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 Clinton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 16 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 13 | 15.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Clinton departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $75,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $3,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $3,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,850 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,200 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $500 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Clinton sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 328,291 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 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 40,000 | 35.6 mi | |
| 1995 | Natural | 30,720 | 48.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 25,000 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 24,594 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | 16,267 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 15.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 14,293 | 42.0 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 10,500 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 9,880 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,000 | 49.7 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 | 84015 | 440 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Clinton. 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.