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In 2025, fire departments serving Hayfork responded to 24 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K 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 67% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
138 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $291K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | — | |
| 2023 | 54 | +200.0% | |
| 2024 | 33 | -38.9% | |
| 2025 | 24 | -27.3% |
* Well below Hayfork'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 1 building fires Hayfork departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 32 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 | 8 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 6 | 18.8% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 9.4% |
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 Hayfork mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 53.1% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 3.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hayfork departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $4,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hayfork sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,615,495 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 328,363 | 30.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 229,651 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 142,386 | 47.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 124,898 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 68,040 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 66,113 | 13.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63,458 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 56,338 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 51,576 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 41,983 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35,101 | 13.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 34,006 | 19.5 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 Hayfork. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Hayfork.
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.