Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
The Dome Fire has burned 6,632 acres in Yosemite National Park and is 40% contained as of Oct. 3, with 765 personnel assigned; Glacier Point Road stays closed.
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In 2025, fire departments serving Rough and Ready responded to 19 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 68% of all calls.
Jan peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
62 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $74K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 4 | — | |
| 2022* | 7 | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | 20 | +66.7% | |
| 2025 | 19 | -5.0% |
* Well below Rough and Ready'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 Rough and Ready departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 7 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 | Undetermined | 3 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Fuel tank, fuel line | 1 | 14.3% |
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 Rough and Ready mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 71.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 14.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Rough and Ready sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 989,483 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Natural | 318,776 | 44.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 153,336 | 43.1 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 97,717 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 55,261 | 48.1 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 47,647 | 46.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 46,800 | 48.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 34,175 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 27.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,580 | 48.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 23,344 | 48.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19,609 | 30.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,761 | 35.5 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 Rough and Ready. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Rough and Ready.
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.