ZIP 80203 recorded 325 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,396 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Denver County, CO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,396 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 319 | |
| 2022 | 269 | |
| 2023 | 208 | |
| 2024 | 275 | |
| 2025 | 325 |
Jan peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 80203 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 269 | 19.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 168 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 159 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 110 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 106 | 7.6% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 80203 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 98 | 47.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 26 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 4.4% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 42 | 20.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 150 | 72.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 11 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 80203 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 800% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 80203.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denver | 1,396 |
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 — 1,396 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.