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In 2025, fire departments serving Watsonville responded to 15 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $10K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Incomplete 2025 data. Watsonville's departments reported 15 incidents to NFIRS for 2025, against about 55 in a typical year, so 2025 figures on this page undercount. The 2021–2025 totals are the better guide.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 80% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
273 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2021. $331K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 93 | — | |
| 2022 | 60 | -35.5% | |
| 2023 | 48 | -20.0% | |
| 2024 | 57 | +18.8% | |
| 2025* | 15 | — |
* Well below Watsonville'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 7 building fires Watsonville departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 46 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 | Outside area, other | 10 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 8 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Other | 3 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 10 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 7 | 15.2% |
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 Watsonville mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 30 | 65.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 6 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 2 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Match | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | Chemical reaction | 1 | 2.2% | |
| 10 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 2.2% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Watsonville departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Watsonville sits below the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 1,051,567 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 396,624 | 36.5 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 162,818 | 44.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 132,127 | 32.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 86,509 | 33.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48,088 | 25.7 mi | |
| 2007 | Recreation and ceremony | 47,760 | 24.8 mi | |
| 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 34,271 | 42.7 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 30,170 | 15.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 23,761 | 45.9 mi | |
| 1999 | Natural | 12,960 | 49.1 mi | |
| 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,817 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6,905 | 33.1 mi |
Top 4 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six California cities with population within ±25% of Watsonville. 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.