In 2025, fire departments serving Lamont responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
25 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 4 | — | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 11 | +22.2% |
* Well below Lamont'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 Lamont departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 5 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 | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 20.0% |
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 Lamont mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 80.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 20.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lamont sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 3,785 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 750 | 47.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 500 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 300 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 300 | 47.6 mi | |
| 2014 | Debris and open burning | 200 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 165 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2015 | Debris and open burning | 160 | 38.7 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 140 | 27.2 mi | |
| 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 120 | 17.9 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 | 40.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 85 | 47.3 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 | 50650 | 25 |
Six Iowa cities with population within ±25% of Lamont. 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.