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In 2025, fire departments serving Terra Bella responded to 36 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $30K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Grass fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
291 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $1.7M cumulative property loss. 1 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 70 | — | |
| 2022 | 53 | -24.3% | |
| 2023 | 70 | +32.1% | |
| 2024 | 62 | -11.4% | |
| 2025 | 36 | -41.9% |
For the 2 building fires Terra Bella departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 213 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 | 56 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 52 | 24.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 39 | 18.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 12 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 15 | 7.0% |
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 Terra Bella mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 154 | 72.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 10 | Fireworks | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 16 | 7.5% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Terra Bella departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $20,000 | Fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $12,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $2,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $2,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $1,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $200 | Cooking fire, confined to container | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Terra Bella sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 573,754 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 150,696 | 33.0 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75,000 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,007 | 40.1 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 8.9 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29,192 | 29.1 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 25,213 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 20,500 | 36.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 19,215 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16,442 | 33.8 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 16,031 | 36.6 mi | |
| 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 10,416 | 39.5 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 | 93270 | 291 |
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Terra Bella. 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.