In 2025, fire departments serving Mapleton responded to 53 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 74% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
198 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $983K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | — | |
| 2022 | 36 | -10.0% | |
| 2023 | 33 | -8.3% | |
| 2024 | 36 | +9.1% | |
| 2025 | 53 | +47.2% |
For the 1 building fires Mapleton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 17 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 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Other | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 5.9% |
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 Mapleton mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 29.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 5 | Lightning | 2 | 11.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Chemical, natural heat source, other | 1 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mapleton departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $50,000 | Outside equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $500 | Fires in structures other than in a building | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mapleton sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 713,567 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 | 22.1 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 89,148 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68,547 | 39.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 58,707 | 48.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 48,986 | 47.8 mi | |
| 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,387 | 35.4 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 37,923 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 33,838 | 27.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 31,661 | 14.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25,456 | 29.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 18,750 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 18,620 | 19.2 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 Utah cities with population within ±25% of Mapleton. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Mapleton.
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.