Dome Fire Reaches 6,632 Acres in Yosemite, 40% Contained as of Oct. 3
The Dome Fire has burned 6,632 acres in Yosemite National Park and is 40% contained as of Oct. 3, with 765 personnel assigned; Glacier Point Road stays closed.
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In 2025, fire departments serving Woodlake responded to 107 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $400K 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 52% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
573 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2023. $2.7M cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 90 | — | |
| 2022 | 105 | +16.7% | |
| 2023 | 155 | +47.6% | |
| 2024 | 116 | -25.2% | |
| 2025 | 107 | -7.8% |
For the 12 building fires Woodlake departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 202 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 | 55 | 27.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 40 | 19.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 33 | 16.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 26 | 12.9% |
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 Woodlake mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 117 | 57.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 11 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.0% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 18 | 8.9% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Woodlake departments in 2025. These 7 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 2 | $280,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 3 | $280,000 | Building fires | Major | Investigated |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $60,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $5,920 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Woodlake sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
10 fire-related casualties recorded in NFIRS Module 11 across the 2021–2025 window. Age, gender, and severity are coarse-binned — no individual identification possible.
| Age | Count | |
|---|---|---|
| 0-9 | 0 | |
| 10-19 | 1 | |
| 20-29 | 9 | |
| 30-39 | 0 | |
| 40-49 | 0 | |
| 50-59 | 0 | |
| 60-69 | 0 | |
| 70-79 | 0 | |
| 80+ | 0 |
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 397,938 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Natural | 151,623 | 33.7 mi | |
| 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43,700 | 23.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | 36,556 | 28.0 mi | |
| 2011 | Natural | 20,500 | 34.2 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 19,215 | 35.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 16,031 | 45.1 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 13,349 | 48.0 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 9,020 | 33.4 mi | |
| 2005 | Natural | 8,675 | 37.6 mi | |
| 2020 | Natural | 8,419 | 36.2 mi | |
| 2003 | Natural | 7,963 | 38.0 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 7,456 | 37.8 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 Woodlake. 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.