Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
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In 2025, fire departments serving Columbia responded to 25 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $2K 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 56% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
124 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $750K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 19 | — | |
| 2022 | 23 | +21.1% | |
| 2023 | 19 | -17.4% | |
| 2024 | 38 | +100.0% | |
| 2025 | 25 | -34.2% |
For the 2 building fires Columbia departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 24 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Function area, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Structural area, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 20.8% |
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 Columbia mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 7 | 29.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 4.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Columbia departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,900 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $5 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Columbia sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 801,100 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 255,858 | 21.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,953 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Firearms and explosives use | 81,826 | 30.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 36,450 | 34.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34,091 | 39.3 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25,000 | 45.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 22,080 | 17.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 14.2 mi | |
| 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16,823 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,280 | 7.4 mi | |
| 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12,613 | 23.2 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 California cities with population within ±25% of Columbia. 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.