ZIP 80215 recorded 129 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 841 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jefferson County, CO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
841 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 121 | |
| 2022 | 190 | |
| 2023 | 195 | |
| 2024 | 206 | |
| 2025 | 129 |
May peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 80215 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 126 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 85 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 76 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 63 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 60 | 7.1% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 80215 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 72 | 31.4% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 28 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 9 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Other | 8 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 8 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 56 | 24.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 103 | 45.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 15 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 13 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 11 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 45 | 19.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 80215 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 5503% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $325,888 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $141,154 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $110,550 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 80215.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakewood | 789 | |
| 2 | Wheat Ridge | 46 | |
| 3 | Golden | 3 | |
| 4 | Littleton | 3 |
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 — 841 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.