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In 2025, fire departments serving Humboldt Hill responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Passenger vehicle fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 71% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
51 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $1.0M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | 7 | -12.5% | |
| 2024 | 13 | +85.7% | |
| 2025 | 17 | +30.8% |
* Well below Humboldt Hill'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 Humboldt Hill departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 24 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 | 5 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 3 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Laboratory | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Maintenance shop or area, paint shop or area | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 10 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 3 | 12.5% |
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 Humboldt Hill mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 58.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 4.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Humboldt Hill departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Humboldt Hill sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 442,776 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Natural | 68,040 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 66,113 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 34,006 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 31,419 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 27,150 | 41.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,398 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 25,199 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 24,776 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 18,178 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 15,118 | 35.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 13,846 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 12,720 | 40.7 mi |
Top 2 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 Humboldt Hill. 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.