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2025 Annual Fire Report

Fires in Lathrop, California

In 2025, fire departments serving Lathrop responded to 11 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.

Updated Sep 27, 2026 Grade A+ Peak yr 2021 San Joaquin County 29,633 residents 0 reporting departments 96 5-yr

Incomplete 2025 data. Lathrop's departments reported 11 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 19 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.

Total incidents
11
Not comparable with 2024 (incomplete reporting)
Building fires
1
Residential 0% Other 100%
Property loss
$35K
$10K structure · $25K contents
Deaths & injuries
0 / 0
0 civilian deaths · 0 civ injuries · 0 firefighter injuries
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Fire, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.

11
Total Incidents
Fire, other 3 27.3%
Grass fire 2 18.2%
Building fires 1 9.1%
Fires in structures other than in a building 1 9.1%
Road freight or transport vehicle fire 1 9.1%
All other categories 3 27.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen?

Dec peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.

Jan 1
Feb 0
Mar 1
Apr 2
May 2
Jun 1
Jul 0
Aug 0
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 1
Dec 3
Fewer
More
2b Five-year trend

Year over year in Lathrop

96 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $50K cumulative property loss.

YearIncidentsYoY 
2021 27 —
2022 26 -3.7%
2023 21 -19.2%
2024* 11 —
2025* 11 —

* Well below Lathrop'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.

03 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 1 building fires Lathrop departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.

Unintentional
0%
0
Cause undetermined
33%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
0%
0
Under investigation
67%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
0%
0
3b Where fires start

Where do fires start in Lathrop?

NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 18 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 originCountShare 
1 Undetermined 7 38.9%
2 Open area - outside; included are farmland, field 4 22.2%
3 Outside area, other 3 16.7%
4 Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola 1 5.6%
5 Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. 1 5.6%
6 Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles 1 5.6%
7 Wildland, woods 1 5.6%
3c What ignited it

What actually ignited the fire?

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 Lathrop mix.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Undetermined 16 88.9%
2 Hot or smoldering object, other 1 5.6%
3 Cigarette lighter 1 5.6%
04 The biggest fires

1 fires · $10K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lathrop departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.

# Property loss Type Severity Status
1 $10,000 Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant Investigated
05 How Lathrop compares

Lathrop vs California vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lathrop sits below the national average for incidents per resident.

0.37
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Lathrop
0.37
CA avg
5.32
US avg
7.48
0.03
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Lathrop
0.03
CA avg
0.32
US avg
0.85
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Lathrop
0
CA avg
2.9
US avg
5.9
5c Wildfires nearby

Wildfires within 50 mi of Lathrop

Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 703,848 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.

50 mi radius
YearCauseAcresDistance 
2020 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 396,624 30.0 mi
2015 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 70,868 49.9 mi
2007 Recreation and ceremony 47,760 42.8 mi
2006 Equipment and vehicle use 34,271 28.3 mi
2006 Equipment and vehicle use 25,000 47.3 mi
1992 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 18,000 45.8 mi
2018 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 12,300 21.6 mi
2009 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 12,200 17.3 mi
2018 Equipment and vehicle use 11,789 26.1 mi
1996 Natural 7,000 45.1 mi
2003 Equipment and vehicle use 6,804 14.6 mi
2001 Equipment and vehicle use 6,800 44.9 mi
5d Top ZIPs

Where in Lathrop do fires concentrate?

Top 7 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.

#ZIP5-yr incidents 
1 95330 73
2 95337 9
3 95336 7
4 95350 4
5 95304 1
6 95377 1
7 95378 1
5e Peer cities

Cities similar to Lathrop

Six California cities with population within ±25% of Lathrop. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.

07 Stay prepared

Before the next Red Flag day.

A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.

About this data

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.