In 2025, fire departments serving Mimbres responded to 17 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $40K 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 88% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
89 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $211K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 25 | — | |
| 2022 | 18 | -28.0% | |
| 2023 | 13 | -27.8% | |
| 2024 | 16 | +23.1% | |
| 2025 | 17 | +6.2% |
For the 2 building fires Mimbres departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 28 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 | 14 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 6 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 2 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 3.6% |
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 Mimbres mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 14 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Match | 5 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 1 | 3.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mimbres departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $40,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $15,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $10,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mimbres sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 904,644 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Natural | 234,000 | 9.4 mi | |
| 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 88,835 | 31.6 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 77,000 | 42.8 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 65,000 | 31.4 mi | |
| 2002 | Natural | 37,600 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 34,941 | 40.7 mi | |
| 1993 | Natural | 32,000 | 35.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Natural | 29,000 | 42.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Natural | 29,000 | 24.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 27,600 | 46.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 25,950 | 47.8 mi | |
| 1997 | Natural | 25,000 | 38.2 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 New Mexico cities with population within ±25% of Mimbres. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Mimbres.
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.