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In 2025, fire departments serving El Dorado Hills responded to 133 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $2.0M 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 44% of all calls.
May peaks. Aug dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
691 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $9.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 155 | — | |
| 2022 | 107 | -31.0% | |
| 2023 | 143 | +33.6% | |
| 2024 | 153 | +7.0% | |
| 2025 | 133 | -13.1% |
For the 10 building fires El Dorado Hills departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 162 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 | 46 | 28.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 24 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 12 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 11 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Other | 6 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 35 | 21.6% |
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 El Dorado Hills mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 69 | 42.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 15 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 11 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 2 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 14 | 8.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by El Dorado Hills departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 99% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Special outside fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. El Dorado Hills sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 381,624 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 29.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 37.6 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,580 | 33.0 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16,823 | 46.4 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,761 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 10,836 | 39.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 9.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 9,164 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,422 | 30.1 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 El Dorado Hills. 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.