In 2025, fire departments serving Uintah responded to 14 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $500 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Carbon monoxide incident lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.
May peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
44 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $14K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 3 | — | |
| 2022* | 2 | — | |
| 2023 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | 17 | +112.5% | |
| 2025 | 14 | -17.6% |
* Well below Uintah'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 Uintah departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 6 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 | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 16.7% |
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 Uintah mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 66.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Uintah departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Uintah sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 240,146 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Natural | 40,000 | 40.1 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 24,594 | 49.5 mi | |
| 2011 | Firearms and explosives use | 16,267 | 48.8 mi | |
| 2000 | Natural | 16,116 | 39.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 15,330 | 20.4 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 14,293 | 46.9 mi | |
| 1994 | Natural | 10,500 | 44.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Firearms and explosives use | 9,880 | 46.9 mi | |
| 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 9,000 | 49.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9,000 | 49.2 mi | |
| 2020 | Firearms and explosives use | 6,848 | 39.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,403 | 31.8 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 Utah cities with population within ±25% of Uintah. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Uintah.
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.