In 2025, fire departments serving Clovis responded to 404 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 49% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,026 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $8.8M cumulative property loss. 7 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 322 | — | |
| 2022 | 449 | +39.4% | |
| 2023 | 433 | -3.6% | |
| 2024 | 418 | -3.5% | |
| 2025 | 404 | -3.3% |
For the 35 building fires Clovis departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 700 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 | Undetermined | 320 | 45.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 79 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Other | 36 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 35 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 21 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 15 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 14 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Storage area, other | 13 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 118 | 16.9% |
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 Clovis mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 466 | 66.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 91 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 20 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 2.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 13 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 10 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 1.1% | |
| 10 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 5 | 0.7% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 35 | 5.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Clovis departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 89% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $55,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $30,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Clovis sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
9 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 | 4 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 1 | |
| 30-39 | 1 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 1 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 253,307 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32,243 | 35.1 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 26,000 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Debris and open burning | 24,000 | 25.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18,500 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15,000 | 16.6 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15,000 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11,012 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 11,000 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,000 | 28.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 9,000 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 8,000 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,116 | 28.0 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 | 88101 | 2,025 |
Six New Mexico cities with population within ±25% of Clovis. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
2 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Clovis.
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.