In 2025, fire departments serving San Benito County responded to 334 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $550K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 39% of all calls.
Aug peaks. Dec dips.
1,883 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 394 | |
| 2022 | 423 | |
| 2023 | 307 | |
| 2024 | 425 | |
| 2025 | 334 |
For the 7 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in San Benito County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 73% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $550,000 | Hollister | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | San BenitoCounty | Building fires | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | San Benito | Fire, other | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Hollister | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $60,000 | San BenitoCounty | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Hollister | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Hollister | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Tres Pinos | Outside storage fire | Significant |
| 9 | $50,000 | Hollister | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
| 10 | $48,000 | San Benito | Passenger vehicle fire | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 06069.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Hollister | 42,093 | View › |
| Ridgemark | 3,022 | View › |
| Aromas | 2,744 | View › |
| San Juan Bautista | 1,976 | View › |
| Tres Pinos | 1,006 | View › |
| Logan | 0 | View › |
| Bitterwater | 0 | View › |
| Dunneville | 0 | View › |
| Morse | 0 | View › |
| Idria | 0 | View › |
| San Benito | 0 | View › |
| Panoche | 0 | View › |
4 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.