Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
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In 2025, fire departments serving Eureka responded to 444 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $300K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 51% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
2,446 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $9.1M cumulative property loss. 3 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 562 | — | |
| 2022 | 585 | +4.1% | |
| 2023 | 499 | -14.7% | |
| 2024 | 356 | -28.7% | |
| 2025 | 444 | +24.7% |
For the 29 building fires Eureka departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 1,090 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 | 243 | 22.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 239 | 21.9% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 67 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 64 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 53 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 44 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 42 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 39 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 32 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 30 | 2.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 237 | 21.7% |
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 Eureka mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 753 | 69.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 51 | 4.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 35 | 3.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 31 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 31 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 26 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 24 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 15 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 84 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Eureka departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 86% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $75,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Eureka sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
19 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 1 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 4 | |
| 40-49 | 5 | |
| 50-59 | 2 | |
| 60-69 | 3 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 1 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 717,974 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 142,386 | 45.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 124,898 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 68,040 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 66,113 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 34,006 | 38.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 31,419 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 27,150 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,398 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,199 | 42.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 24,776 | 45.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 18,178 | 46.7 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 15,710 | 49.8 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 Eureka. 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.