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In 2025, fire departments serving Oakhurst responded to 46 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $5K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 54% of all calls.
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
218 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $1.2M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | — | |
| 2022* | 20 | — | |
| 2023 | 62 | — | |
| 2024 | 44 | -29.0% | |
| 2025 | 46 | +4.5% |
* Well below Oakhurst'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 Oakhurst departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 58 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 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 13.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 6 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 4 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Egress/exit, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 20 | 34.5% |
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 Oakhurst mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 18 | 31.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 5 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 5.2% | |
| 9 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 10 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 3.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 6 | 10.3% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Oakhurst departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $4,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $200 | Outside rubbish fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $100 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Oakhurst sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,061,765 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 | 21.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 255,858 | 43.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 96,953 | 25.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Firearms and explosives use | 81,826 | 37.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34,091 | 25.7 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 22,992 | 17.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 22,080 | 47.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 13,837 | 16.3 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,349 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 12,990 | 31.0 mi | |
| 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12,407 | 7.2 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 12,371 | 36.8 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 Oakhurst. 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.