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In 2025, fire departments serving Covelo responded to 33 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $6K 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 97% of all calls.
Sep peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
96 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $222K cumulative property loss. 4 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022* | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | 33 | — | |
| 2024 | 16 | -51.5% | |
| 2025 | 33 | +106.2% |
* Well below Covelo'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 1 building fires Covelo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | Other | 3 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 50.0% |
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 Covelo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 3 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 1 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Covelo departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Covelo sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,861,026 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 589,368 | 30.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 410,203 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 328,363 | 24.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 83,323 | 41.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 51,576 | 34.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 41,983 | 7.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,523 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 32,903 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 32,250 | 20.5 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,502 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 26,196 | 20.2 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,970 | 44.1 mi |
Top 2 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 Covelo. 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.