In 2025, fire departments serving Hildale responded to 34 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K 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 65% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
99 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $96K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 2 | — | |
| 2022 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | 21 | +10.5% | |
| 2024 | 23 | +9.5% | |
| 2025 | 34 | +47.8% |
* Well below Hildale'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 2 building fires Hildale departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 19 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 | 4 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 10 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 15.8% |
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 Hildale mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 15.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hildale departments in 2025. These 6 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $36,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,000 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $400 | Cultivated trees or nursery stock fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $300 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $200 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hildale sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 505,688 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Debris and open burning | 71,675 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71,450 | 44.0 mi | |
| 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 50,737 | 47.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 35,907 | 49.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 34,200 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2003 | Recreation and ceremony | 29,933 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 21,105 | 42.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 17,688 | 37.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,632 | 18.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Natural | 12,641 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2009 | Natural | 12,607 | 37.0 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 12,286 | 27.6 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 | 84784 | 99 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Hildale. 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.