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In 2025, fire departments serving Mount Shasta responded to 44 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 55% of all calls.
Apr peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
364 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $565K cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 86 | — | |
| 2022 | 97 | +12.8% | |
| 2023 | 86 | -11.3% | |
| 2024 | 51 | -40.7% | |
| 2025 | 44 | -13.7% |
For the 3 building fires Mount Shasta departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 103 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 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 18 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 12 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 9 | 8.7% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 8 | 7.8% | |
| 7 | Other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 23 | 22.3% |
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 Mount Shasta mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 39.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 7.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 4.9% | |
| 9 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 10 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 7 | 6.8% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Mount Shasta departments in 2025. These 2 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Mount Shasta sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
6 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 | 2 | |
| 40-49 | 1 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 1 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 809,713 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 | 48.1 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 64,000 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63,458 | 26.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 60,910 | 41.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 46,011 | 26.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40,580 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 38,008 | 40.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 33,758 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 31,872 | 42.6 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 28,336 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 27,936 | 45.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26,202 | 42.0 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 California cities with population within ±25% of Mount Shasta. 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.