ZIP 80033 recorded 181 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,100 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jefferson County, CO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,100 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 198 | |
| 2022 | 241 | |
| 2023 | 212 | |
| 2024 | 268 | |
| 2025 | 181 |
Apr peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 80033 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 147 | 13.4% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 95 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 85 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 84 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 81 | 7.4% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 80033 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 58 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 56 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 56 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 37 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 14 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 95 | 26.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 175 | 48.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 40 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 26 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 19 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 53 | 14.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 80033 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 8542% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $60,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $228,604 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $190,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $183,174 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $170,212 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 80033.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheat Ridge | 1,022 | |
| 2 | Arvada | 68 | |
| 3 | Lakewood | 1 |
The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.
NFIRS reports each fire incident with a 5-digit address ZIP. We aggregate those rows directly to produce ZIP-level totals — 1,100 incidents in this ZIP across 2021–2025. Building-fire breakdowns (Area of Origin, Heat Source, ignition cause) only count fires investigators classified beyond the basic incident report. Because NFIRS reporting is voluntary, totals are a strong indicator rather than a complete census.