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In 2025, fire departments serving Happy Camp responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 100% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
45 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1 cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | +0.0% | |
| 2024* | 0 | — | |
| 2025 | 17 | — |
* Well below Happy Camp'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 0 building fires Happy Camp departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 7 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 | 6 | 85.7% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 14.3% |
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 Happy Camp mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 85.7% | |
| 2 | Lightning | 1 | 14.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Happy Camp departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Natural vegetation fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Happy Camp sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,976,665 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Natural | 499,945 | 31.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 191,125 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 157,270 | 3.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 142,386 | 42.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 124,898 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 115,279 | 3.1 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 87,701 | 45.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 65,834 | 20.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 60,910 | 29.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 52,839 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 45,403 | 4.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 44,452 | 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 | 96039 | 45 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Happy Camp. 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.