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In 2025, fire departments serving Lost Hills responded to 54 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $3.0M 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 70% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
265 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $5.1M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | — | |
| 2022 | 53 | +6.0% | |
| 2023 | 52 | -1.9% | |
| 2024 | 56 | +7.7% | |
| 2025 | 54 | -3.6% |
For the 1 building fires Lost Hills departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 69 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 | 26 | 37.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 29.0% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 4 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Structural area, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 4 | 5.8% |
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 Lost Hills mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 44 | 63.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 7 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 10 | Incendiary device | 1 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 1 | 1.4% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Lost Hills departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 97% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000,000 | Outside equipment fire | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $55,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $25,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Lost Hills sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
5 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 0 | |
| 20-29 | 0 | |
| 30-39 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 2 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 1 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 538,573 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 | 44.2 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 91,622 | 49.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 49,490 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 48,000 | 30.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,000 | 16.3 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 44.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 19,839 | 36.8 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 16,000 | 27.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,988 | 47.1 mi | |
| 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14,537 | 43.5 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,416 | 46.4 mi | |
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 8,845 | 25.3 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 | 93249 | 265 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Lost Hills. 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.