ZIP 81082 recorded 210 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,162 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Las Animas County, CO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,162 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 215 | |
| 2022 | 248 | |
| 2023 | 242 | |
| 2024 | 247 | |
| 2025 | 210 |
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 81082 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 556 | 47.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 90 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 43 | 3.7% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 40 | 3.4% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 39 | 3.4% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 81082 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 64 | 25.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 19 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 9 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 86 | 34.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 116 | 46.6% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 16 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 14 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 14.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 81082 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 427% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 81082.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinidad | 1,081 |
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 — 1,162 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.