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2025 Annual Fire Report

Fires in Stanton, California

In 2025, fire departments serving Stanton responded to 72 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $150K building blaze. Here's the full picture.

Updated Sep 27, 2026 Grade A- Peak yr 2022 Orange County 38,271 residents 0 reporting departments 646 5-yr

Incomplete 2025 data. Stanton's departments reported 72 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 129 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.

Total incidents
72
Not comparable with 2024 (incomplete reporting)
Building fires
9
Residential 67% Other 33%
Property loss
$348K
$257K structure · $91K contents
Deaths & injuries
0 / 0
0 civilian deaths · 0 civ injuries · 0 firefighter injuries
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 61% of all calls.

72
Total Incidents
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 14 19.4%
Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire 10 13.9%
Building fires 9 12.5%
Fire, other 6 8.3%
Passenger vehicle fire 5 6.9%
All other categories 28 38.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen?

May peaks. Dec dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.

Jan 7
Feb 9
Mar 6
Apr 7
May 10
Jun 8
Jul 8
Aug 3
Sep 6
Oct 3
Nov 5
Dec 0
Fewer
More
2b Five-year trend

Year over year in Stanton

646 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $6.5M cumulative property loss. 4 civilian deaths.

YearIncidentsYoY 
2021 141 —
2022 174 +23.4%
2023 129 -25.9%
2024 130 +0.8%
2025* 72 —

* Well below Stanton'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.

03 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 9 building fires Stanton departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.

Unintentional
29%
15
Cause undetermined
62%
32
Intentional / arson
6%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
4%
2
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
-1%
0
3b Where fires start

Where do fires start in Stanton?

NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 436 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 originCountShare 
1 Undetermined 91 20.9%
2 Other 68 15.6%
3 Outside area, other 42 9.6%
4 Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste 28 6.4%
5 Highway, parking lot, street: on or near 28 6.4%
6 Engine area, running gear, wheel area 21 4.8%
7 Railroad right of way: on or near 18 4.1%
8 Vehicle area, other 15 3.4%
9 Cooking area, kitchen 13 3.0%
10 Open area - outside; included are farmland, field 11 2.5%
11 All other areas 101 23.2%
3c What ignited it

What actually ignited the fire?

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 Stanton mix.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Undetermined 259 59.4%
2 Cigarette lighter 36 8.3%
3 Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment 17 3.9%
4 Hot or smoldering object, other 16 3.7%
5 Arcing 15 3.4%
6 Heat source: other 14 3.2%
7 Heat from powered equipment, other 11 2.5%
8 Hot ember or ash 11 2.5%
9 Match 9 2.1%
10 Fireworks 8 1.8%
11 All other sources 40 9.2%
04 The biggest fires

8 fires · $257K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses reported by Stanton departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.

# Property loss Type Severity Status
1 $150,000 Building fires Significant Investigated
2 $75,000 Building fires Significant Investigated
3 $16,000 Building fires Significant Investigated
4 $7,000 Passenger vehicle fire Significant Investigated
5 $5,000 Fire, other Significant Investigated
6 $3,000 Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire Significant Investigated
7 $1,000 Special outside fire, other Significant Investigated
8 $50 Fire, other Significant Investigated
05 How Stanton compares

Stanton vs California vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Stanton sits below the national average for incidents per resident.

1.88
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Stanton
1.88
CA avg
5.32
US avg
7.48
0.24
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Stanton
0.24
CA avg
0.32
US avg
0.85
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Stanton
0
CA avg
2.9
US avg
5.9
5b Who gets hurt

Casualty demographics in Stanton

10 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.

AgeCount 
0-9 0
10-19 0
20-29 0
30-39 1
40-49 2
50-59 4
60-69 2
70-79 0
80+ 1
Civilian vs firefighter
Civilian 8 FF 2
Gender
M 8 F 2 Unk 0
Severity (1=minor → 5=fatal)
1
1
2
2
3
3
0
4
4
5
5c Wildfires nearby

Wildfires within 50 mi of Stanton

Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 877,882 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.

50 mi radius
YearCauseAcresDistance 
2009 Arson/incendiarism 160,371 32.5 mi
2020 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 115,997 31.0 mi
2003 Arson/incendiarism 91,281 49.4 mi
2003 Arson/incendiarism 59,788 38.8 mi
2016 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 41,432 49.4 mi
2002 Arson/incendiarism 37,240 32.0 mi
2016 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 36,274 44.1 mi
2008 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 30,305 15.4 mi
2007 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 28,476 19.1 mi
2005 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 24,970 48.6 mi
2018 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 23,025 28.8 mi
2018 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 22,000 39.7 mi
5d Top ZIPs

Where in Stanton do fires concentrate?

Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.

#ZIP5-yr incidents 
1 90680 534
2 92804 59
3 92841 51
4 92844 2
5e Peer cities

Cities similar to Stanton

Six California cities with population within ±25% of Stanton. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.

07 Stay prepared

Before the next Red Flag day.

A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.

About this data

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.