In 2025, fire departments serving Verdi responded to 20 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Attempted burning, illegal action, other lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 65% of all calls.
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
87 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $850K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | — | |
| 2022* | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | 35 | +191.7% | |
| 2025 | 20 | -42.9% |
* Well below Verdi'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 1 building fires Verdi departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 4 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 | Exterior, exposed surface | 2 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 25.0% |
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 Verdi mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 25.0% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Verdi sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 708,328 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 98,960 | 42.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 83,599 | 39.8 mi | |
| 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 51,386 | 30.7 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 47,133 | 34.5 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 47,029 | 15.5 mi | |
| 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 46,800 | 18.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 41,545 | 16.5 mi | |
| 2016 | Natural | 36,142 | 32.8 mi | |
| 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27,440 | 45.0 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 24,140 | 49.3 mi | |
| 2001 | Natural | 22,674 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18,380 | 49.8 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 Nevada cities with population within ±25% of Verdi. 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.