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In 2025, fire departments serving McCloud responded to 48 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
112 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025. $124K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22 | — | |
| 2022 | 20 | -9.1% | |
| 2023* | 13 | — | |
| 2024* | 9 | — | |
| 2025 | 48 | — |
* Well below McCloud'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 0 building fires McCloud departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 21 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 | Outside area, other | 6 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Chute; laundry or mail, excluding trash chutes | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 1 | 4.8% |
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 McCloud mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 6 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | Cigarette | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 10 | Match | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 2 | 9.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by McCloud departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $2,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $1,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. McCloud sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 869,709 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 229,651 | 48.3 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 82,018 | 45.9 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 64,000 | 35.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63,458 | 26.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,958 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 46,011 | 18.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40,580 | 25.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 38,008 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 33,758 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 31,872 | 32.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 28,336 | 40.3 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 27,936 | 43.8 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 California cities with population within ±25% of McCloud. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in McCloud.
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.