In 2025, fire departments serving Lindon responded to 27 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $20K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
168 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $453K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 26 | — | |
| 2023 | 61 | +134.6% | |
| 2024 | 46 | -24.6% | |
| 2025 | 27 | -41.3% |
* Well below Lindon'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 Lindon departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 44 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 | 19 | 43.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 4 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 4 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Storage area, other | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 5 | 11.4% |
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 Lindon mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 38.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 4 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 4 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 2 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 10 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 2.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lindon departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lindon sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 402,624 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Natural | 102,191 | 37.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 33,838 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 31,661 | 31.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25,456 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 22,045 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 18,620 | 32.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 49.7 mi | |
| 1998 | Natural | 13,926 | 30.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 12,837 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,584 | 13.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 9,995 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 9,159 | 32.1 mi |
Top 4 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 Lindon. 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.