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In 2025, fire departments serving Esparto responded to 99 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K 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 73% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
413 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $113K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 68 | — | |
| 2022 | 95 | +39.7% | |
| 2023* | 48 | — | |
| 2024 | 103 | — | |
| 2025 | 99 | -3.9% |
* Well below Esparto'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 28 building fires Esparto departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 110 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 | 25 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 22 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 21 | 19.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | Other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 17 | 15.5% |
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 Esparto mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 45 | 40.9% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Conducted heat from another fire | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 10 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 10 | 9.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Esparto departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $30,000 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $15,000 | Cultivated vegetation, crop fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $500 | Cultivated orchard or vineyard fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $300 | Natural vegetation fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $200 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Esparto sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,061,037 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 305,651 | 21.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Other causes | 90,288 | 12.4 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 76,825 | 40.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76,067 | 41.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Other causes | 69,363 | 29.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 | 29.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 56,556 | 31.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51,624 | 24.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 40,000 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39,138 | 20.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,807 | 33.1 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25,156 | 27.7 mi |
Top 4 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 Esparto. 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.