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In 2025, fire departments serving Colusa responded to 72 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Accident, potential accident, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 76% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
458 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $433K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 112 | — | |
| 2022 | 85 | -24.1% | |
| 2023 | 91 | +7.1% | |
| 2024 | 98 | +7.7% | |
| 2025 | 72 | -26.5% |
For the 1 building fires Colusa departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 166 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 45 | 27.1% | |
| 2 | Other | 22 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 22 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 10 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 28 | 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 Colusa mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 43 | 25.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 31 | 18.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 19 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 13 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 10 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 20 | 12.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Colusa departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Water vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $13,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $10,000 | Water vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $5,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Colusa sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 733,073 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 29.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 83,323 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 76,825 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76,067 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Other causes | 69,363 | 32.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,000 | 24.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39,138 | 24.4 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,502 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25,156 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,970 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 23,344 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,609 | 32.7 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 Colusa. 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.