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In 2025, fire departments serving Elverta responded to 55 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 76% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
322 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $467K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55 | — | |
| 2022 | 63 | +14.5% | |
| 2023 | 73 | +15.9% | |
| 2024 | 76 | +4.1% | |
| 2025 | 55 | -27.6% |
For the 2 building fires Elverta departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 197 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 | Undetermined | 110 | 55.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 24 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 16 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 5.6% |
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 Elverta mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 135 | 68.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 10 | 5.1% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 7 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 15 | 7.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Elverta departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Elverta sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 457,293 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 | 45.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39,138 | 46.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 22.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,422 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8,200 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8,051 | 38.8 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,600 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Fireworks | 6,488 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 15.2 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 95626 | 322 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Elverta. 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.