In 2025, fire departments serving Cold Springs responded to 10 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 90% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
55 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $408K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | — | |
| 2022 | 16 | -5.9% | |
| 2023* | 4 | — | |
| 2024 | 8 | — | |
| 2025 | 10 | +25.0% |
* Well below Cold Springs'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 0 building fires Cold Springs departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 12 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 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 8.3% |
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 Cold Springs mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Cold Springs departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Camper or recreational vehicle (RV) fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Cold Springs sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 811,959 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 98,960 | 38.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 94,220 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83,599 | 27.9 mi | |
| 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54,608 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 51,386 | 22.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 47,133 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 47,029 | 10.3 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 46,800 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 41,545 | 17.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 36,142 | 22.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 22,905 | 46.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 22,674 | 25.6 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Nevada cities with population within ±25% of Cold Springs. 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.