In 2025, fire departments serving Hooper responded to 45 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $175K 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 56% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
172 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $1.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 7 | — | |
| 2022* | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | 45 | — | |
| 2024 | 65 | +44.4% | |
| 2025 | 45 | -30.8% |
* Well below Hooper'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 4 building fires Hooper departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 30 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 | 10 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Office | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 23.3% |
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 Hooper mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 56.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | Candle | 1 | 3.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Hooper departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $175,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $75,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $2,000 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $1,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Hooper sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 430,468 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Natural | 44,345 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 40,000 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 39,937 | 48.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35,000 | 49.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Natural | 30,720 | 37.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 25,000 | 39.0 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 24,594 | 32.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 21,372 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | 16,267 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 14.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 15,046 | 48.2 mi |
Top 3 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Hooper. 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.