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In 2025, fire departments serving Yreka responded to 144 fire and hazmat incidents — from cooking fires to gas leaks to a single $200K building blaze. Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 49% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
807 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2022. $22.4M cumulative property loss. 2 civilian deaths.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 175 | — | |
| 2022 | 218 | +24.6% | |
| 2023 | 110 | -49.5% | |
| 2024 | 160 | +45.5% | |
| 2025 | 144 | -10.0% |
For the 18 building fires Yreka departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 259 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 | 76 | 29.3% | |
| 2 | Other | 26 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 25 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Function area, other | 13 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 11 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 11 | All other areas | 59 | 22.8% |
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 Yreka mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 107 | 41.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 28 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 16 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 10 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 11 | All other sources | 30 | 11.6% |
Largest single-incident property losses reported by Yreka departments in 2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the city's annual total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Severity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 2 | $170,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | Significant | Investigated |
| 4 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 5 | $500 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 6 | $250 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 7 | $50 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
| 8 | $50 | Grass fire | Significant | Investigated |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Yreka sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 890,034 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 | 157,270 | 38.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 115,279 | 37.5 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 60,910 | 30.3 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 45,403 | 43.7 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 44,452 | 42.4 mi | |
| 2008 | Natural | 38,394 | 46.3 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 38,134 | 49.9 mi | |
| 2018 | Debris and open burning | 38,008 | 11.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 35,129 | 26.5 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 33,758 | 37.2 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 33,011 | 26.4 mi | |
| 2017 | Natural | 32,846 | 31.5 mi |
Top 10 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 Yreka. 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.