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2025 Annual Fire Report

Fires in Stateline, Nevada

In 2025, fire departments serving Stateline responded to 30 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.

Updated Sep 27, 2026 Grade C- Peak yr 2021 Douglas County 938 residents 0 reporting departments 281 5-yr

Incomplete 2025 data. Stateline's departments reported 30 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 56 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.

Total incidents
30
Not comparable with 2024 (incomplete reporting)
Building fires
1
Residential 0% Other 100%
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 contents
Deaths & injuries
0 / 0
0 civilian deaths · 0 civ injuries · 0 firefighter injuries
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.

30
Total Incidents
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 6 20.0%
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other 6 20.0%
Unauthorized burning 4 13.3%
Cooking fire, confined to container 3 10.0%
Power line down 3 10.0%
All other categories 8 26.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen?

Feb peaks. Apr dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.

Jan 3
Feb 8
Mar 2
Apr 0
May 5
Jun 1
Jul 1
Aug 1
Sep 1
Oct 5
Nov 3
Dec 0
Fewer
More
2b Five-year trend

Year over year in Stateline

281 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021.

YearIncidentsYoY 
2021 72 —
2022 59 -18.1%
2023 63 +6.8%
2024 57 -9.5%
2025* 30 —

* Well below Stateline'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 1 building fires Stateline departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.

Unintentional
33%
1
Cause undetermined
33%
1
Intentional / arson
0%
0
Equipment / heat source failure
33%
1
Under investigation
0%
0
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
3b Where fires start

Where do fires start in Stateline?

NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 58 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 Outside area, other 10 17.2%
2 Engine area, running gear, wheel area 7 12.1%
3 Wildland, woods 5 8.6%
4 Cooking area, kitchen 4 6.9%
5 Undetermined 4 6.9%
6 Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch 3 5.2%
7 Wall surface: exterior 3 5.2%
8 Other 2 3.4%
9 Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge 2 3.4%
10 Highway, parking lot, street: on or near 2 3.4%
11 All other areas 16 27.6%
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 Stateline mix.

#Heat sourceCountShare 
1 Undetermined 22 37.9%
2 Heat source: other 6 10.3%
3 Heat from powered equipment, other 5 8.6%
4 Arcing 4 6.9%
5 Hot or smoldering object, other 4 6.9%
6 Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment 3 5.2%
7 Cigarette lighter 3 5.2%
8 Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment 2 3.4%
9 Heat from other open flame or smoking materials 2 3.4%
10 Hot ember or ash 1 1.7%
11 All other sources 6 10.3%
05 How Stateline compares

Stateline vs Nevada vs the nation

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

31.98
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Stateline
31.98
NV avg
5.1
US avg
7.48
1.07
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Stateline
1.07
NV avg
0.43
US avg
0.85
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Stateline
0
NV avg
4
US avg
5.9
5c Wildfires nearby

Wildfires within 50 mi of Stateline

Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 555,648 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.

50 mi radius
YearCauseAcresDistance 
2014 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 97,717 37.4 mi
1994 Arson/incendiarism 46,800 44.4 mi
2017 Arson/incendiarism 41,545 45.0 mi
2018 Natural 36,450 42.7 mi
2013 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 27,440 39.1 mi
2020 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 26,759 34.3 mi
1992 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 24,580 30.3 mi
2013 Natural 24,140 21.5 mi
2002 Recreation and ceremony 23,020 41.4 mi
2020 Missing data/not specified/undetermined 20,385 40.5 mi
2020 Equipment and vehicle use 18,380 18.5 mi
2015 Natural 17,790 27.6 mi
5d Top ZIPs

Where in Stateline do fires concentrate?

Top 2 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 89449 274
2 89448 7
5e Peer cities

Cities similar to Stateline

Six Nevada cities with population within ±25% of Stateline. 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.