Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
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In 2025, fire departments serving Sea Ranch responded to 16 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Hazardous condition, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 75% of all calls.
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
86 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $56K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | 30 | +172.7% | |
| 2024 | 28 | -6.7% | |
| 2025 | 16 | -42.9% |
* Well below Sea Ranch'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 Sea Ranch departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 11 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 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Interior stairway or ramp | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Closet | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 9 | Undetermined | 1 | 9.1% |
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 Sea Ranch mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 27.3% | |
| 3 | Chemical reaction | 2 | 18.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Sunlight | 1 | 9.1% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Sea Ranch sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 903,248 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 | 410,203 | 40.6 mi | |
| 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 83,323 | 47.2 mi | |
| 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 76,825 | 37.4 mi | |
| 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 76,067 | 38.4 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 55,209 | 20.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,920 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,807 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36,523 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17,357 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,525 | 39.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4,500 | 47.9 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 4,466 | 29.4 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 | 95497 | 86 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Sea Ranch. 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.