In 2025, fire departments serving Moultonborough responded to 136 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10.0M building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Power line down lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
572 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $10.8M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | — | |
| 2022 | 157 | +96.2% | |
| 2023 | 81 | -48.4% | |
| 2024 | 118 | +45.7% | |
| 2025 | 136 | +15.3% |
For the 6 building fires Moultonborough departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 56 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 | 12 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 19.6% | |
| 3 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 5 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 9 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 10 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 10.7% |
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 Moultonborough mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 23.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 10 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 3 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 2 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 10.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Moultonborough departments in 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000,000 | Building fires | Catastrophic | Investigated |
| 2 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $6,000 | Water vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $4,500 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Moultonborough sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,926 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 329 | 20.5 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 314 | 42.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 275 | 7.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 139 | 25.6 mi | |
| 2012 | Debris and open burning | 120 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 92 | 20.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 72 | 29.7 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 59 | 36.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 54 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 51 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 | 18.8 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six New Hampshire cities with population within ±25% of Moultonborough. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Moultonborough.
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.