In 2025, fire departments serving Yerington responded to 83 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $1 building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 57% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Nov dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
358 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $418K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | 64 | — | |
| 2023 | 90 | +40.6% | |
| 2024 | 113 | +25.6% | |
| 2025 | 83 | -26.5% |
* Well below Yerington'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 6 building fires Yerington departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 80 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 | 18 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 10 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 8 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 7.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | Storage area, other | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Storage room, area, tank, or bin | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 11 | 13.8% |
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 Yerington mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 25 | 31.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 14 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 4 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 3 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | Match | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 10 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 8 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Yerington departments in 2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Yerington sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 282,723 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 | 26,759 | 36.4 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 24,140 | 24.8 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 23,020 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20,385 | 35.9 mi | |
| 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 18,380 | 29.5 mi | |
| 2015 | Natural | 17,790 | 42.5 mi | |
| 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15,584 | 47.1 mi | |
| 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 14,500 | 39.1 mi | |
| 2013 | Natural | 14,230 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2007 | Natural | 14,004 | 23.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 8,925 | 33.5 mi | |
| 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | 8,723 | 40.7 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 Nevada cities with population within ±25% of Yerington. 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.