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In 2025, fire departments serving Seeley responded to 25 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $50K building blaze. 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 52% of all calls.
Feb peaks. May dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
159 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $152K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55 | — | |
| 2022 | 46 | -16.4% | |
| 2023* | 17 | — | |
| 2024* | 16 | — | |
| 2025 | 25 | — |
* Well below Seeley'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 Seeley departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 110 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 | Outside area, other | 38 | 34.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 31 | 28.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 10 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 1 | 0.9% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 6 | 5.5% |
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 Seeley mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 74 | 67.3% | |
| 2 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Match | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 10 | Conducted heat from another fire | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 9 | 8.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Seeley departments in 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $300 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Seeley sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 42,634 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7,083 | 45.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,056 | 46.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 4,416 | 43.0 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,910 | 34.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3,880 | 45.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,291 | 42.2 mi | |
| 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,650 | 21.3 mi | |
| 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,500 | 30.8 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1,250 | 45.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1,106 | 48.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 1,000 | 45.2 mi | |
| 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 995 | 41.1 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 Seeley. 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.