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In 2025, fire departments serving Lockeford responded to 32 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K 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 59% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
134 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $320K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | — | |
| 2022* | 0 | — | |
| 2023 | 34 | — | |
| 2024 | 43 | +26.5% | |
| 2025 | 32 | -25.6% |
* Well below Lockeford'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 4 building fires Lockeford departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 39 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 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 25.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 3 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 3 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 10.3% |
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 Lockeford mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 20 | 51.3% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | Fireworks | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 10 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 2.6% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 5.1% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lockeford departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lockeford sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 231,851 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70,868 | 28.2 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,000 | 29.8 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,280 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,300 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,200 | 41.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 11,789 | 13.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,820 | 27.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 7,000 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,804 | 39.7 mi | |
| 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6,800 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 6,744 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,400 | 27.3 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 Lockeford. 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.