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In 2025, fire departments serving Mariposa responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $350K 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 65% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
84 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $353K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | 28 | +86.7% | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 24 | — | |
| 2025 | 17 | -29.2% |
* Well below Mariposa'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 3 building fires Mariposa departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 8 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 | 3 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 5 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 6 | Wall assembly | 1 | 12.5% |
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 Mariposa mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 2 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 12.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mariposa departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $1,500 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $100 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mariposa 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 | 2 | |
| 30-39 | 3 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,098,703 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 379,895 | 43.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 255,858 | 26.2 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,953 | 12.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Firearms and explosives use | 81,826 | 16.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34,091 | 5.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25,000 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 22,992 | 38.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 22,080 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14,280 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 13,837 | 37.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,349 | 40.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 12,990 | 46.6 mi |
Top 3 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 Mariposa. 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.