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In 2025, fire departments serving Kettleman City responded to 42 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $250K 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 52% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
272 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $4.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 54 | — | |
| 2022 | 45 | -16.7% | |
| 2023 | 68 | +51.1% | |
| 2024 | 63 | -7.4% | |
| 2025 | 42 | -33.3% |
For the 1 building fires Kettleman City departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 179 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 41 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 36 | 20.1% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 28 | 15.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 21 | 11.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 15 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Other | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 13 | 7.3% |
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 Kettleman City mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 104 | 58.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 7 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 4 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Heat source: other | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 10 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 11 | 6.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Kettleman City departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 98% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $38,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $20,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $20,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $10,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Kettleman City sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 407,814 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 106,668 | 48.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 16.9 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 46.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,667 | 31.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19,839 | 7.9 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 21.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 14,507 | 44.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10,000 | 23.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 8,400 | 45.1 mi | |
| 1995 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7,495 | 29.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7,050 | 31.7 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 | 93239 | 272 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Kettleman City. 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.