In 2025, fire departments serving Rocky Ridge responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 93% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Mar dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
47 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | 7 | +16.7% | |
| 2024 | 15 | +114.3% | |
| 2025 | 15 | +0.0% |
* Well below Rocky Ridge'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 2 building fires Rocky Ridge departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 14 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 | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Other | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 9 | Outside area, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 10 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 7.1% |
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 Rocky Ridge mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Fireworks | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Match | 1 | 7.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rocky Ridge sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 826,062 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Natural | 102,191 | 11.8 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 89,148 | 25.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 78,065 | 44.0 mi | |
| 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 58,707 | 30.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 48,986 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 47,387 | 25.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 38,190 | 50.0 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 37,923 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 33,838 | 8.7 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 31,661 | 22.5 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 28,540 | 46.9 mi | |
| 1996 | Natural | 28,442 | 35.9 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 84645 | 47 |
Six Utah cities with population within ±25% of Rocky Ridge. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Rocky Ridge.
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.