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In 2025, fire departments serving Shasta Lake responded to 43 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $100K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Unauthorized burning lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 86% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
103 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $145K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 5 | — | |
| 2022* | 1 | — | |
| 2023* | 0 | — | |
| 2024 | 54 | — | |
| 2025 | 43 | -20.4% |
* Well below Shasta Lake'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 6 building fires Shasta Lake departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 18 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 | 5 | 27.8% | |
| 2 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 9 | Outside area, other | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 10 | Vacant structural area | 1 | 5.6% |
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 Shasta Lake mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 55.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 3 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 1 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 5.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Shasta Lake departments in 2025. These 5 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $1,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Shasta Lake sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,102,482 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 | 229,651 | 13.9 mi | |
| 2006 | Natural | 66,113 | 47.5 mi | |
| 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 64,000 | 21.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63,458 | 18.4 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60,390 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 56,338 | 13.8 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 51,576 | 44.4 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47,958 | 43.3 mi | |
| 2012 | Natural | 46,011 | 28.6 mi | |
| 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40,580 | 16.6 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35,101 | 40.8 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 32,903 | 44.9 mi |
Top 5 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 Shasta Lake. 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.