In 2025, fire departments serving Zia Pueblo responded to 12 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 67% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
45 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2024. $15K cumulative property loss.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 1 | — | |
| 2022* | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | 15 | +25.0% | |
| 2025 | 12 | -20.0% |
* Well below Zia Pueblo'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 Zia Pueblo departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 15 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 | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Office | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 6.7% |
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 Zia Pueblo mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 9 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 6.7% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Zia Pueblo sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 321,798 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 156,593 | 22.5 mi | |
| 2000 | Debris and open burning | 47,650 | 28.3 mi | |
| 2010 | Natural | 27,100 | 39.9 mi | |
| 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 23,938 | 26.3 mi | |
| 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 16,575 | 24.5 mi | |
| 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5,185 | 41.7 mi | |
| 2019 | Natural | 5,162 | 47.3 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 4,303 | 17.4 mi | |
| 2018 | Natural | 4,150 | 18.0 mi | |
| 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | 4,026 | 21.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Natural | 3,626 | 38.5 mi | |
| 2006 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3,075 | 49.6 mi |
Top 1 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
| # | ZIP | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 87053 | 45 |
Six New Mexico cities with population within ±25% of Zia Pueblo. 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.