In 2025, fire departments serving Yuma County responded to 759 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $350K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
Accident, potential accident, other lead by count. Top five categories make up about 44% of all calls.
Jun peaks. Dec dips.
4,125 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 650 | |
| 2022 | 603 | |
| 2023 | 1,065 | |
| 2024 | 1,048 | |
| 2025 | 759 |
For the 33 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Yuma County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 57% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | YUMA | Building fires | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Yuma County | Passenger vehicle fire | Major |
| 3 | $247,500 | YUMA | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Yuma | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $177,000 | City of Yuma | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | City of Somerton | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Yuma | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $125,000 | Yuma | Cultivated orchard or vineyard fire | Significant |
| 9 | $113,200 | Yuma County | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $100,000 | San Luis | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 04027.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Yuma | 96,314 | View › |
| San Luis | 35,189 | View › |
| Fortuna Foothills | 27,552 | View › |
| Somerton | 14,278 | View › |
| Avenue B and C | 3,850 | View › |
| Wellton | 2,447 | View › |
| Gadsden | 781 | View › |
| Donovan Estates | 696 | View › |
| Rancho Mesa Verde | 599 | View › |
| Tacna | 524 | View › |
| El Prado Estates | 391 | View › |
| Dateland | 341 | View › |
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rodeo-Chediski | 2002 | USFS | 460,563 |
| 2 | Horseshoe 2 | 2011 | NPS | 222,989 |
| 3 | Bush | 2020 | USFS | 193,603 |
| 4 | Telegraph | 2021 | USFS | 180,756 |
| 5 | Woodbury Fire | 2019 | NPS | 123,973 |
| 6 | Woodbury | 2019 | USFS | 123,832 |
| 7 | BIGHORN | 2020 | USFS | 119,634 |
| 8 | Rafael | 2021 | USFS | 78,064 |
| 9 | MESCAL | 2021 | BLM | 72,250 |
| 10 | MANGUM | 2020 | USFS | 71,484 |
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.