ZIP 81230 recorded 75 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 399 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Gunnison County, CO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
399 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 81 | |
| 2022 | 79 | |
| 2023 | 75 | |
| 2024 | 89 | |
| 2025 | 75 |
Apr peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 81230 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 112 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Carbon monoxide incident | 59 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 25 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 24 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 21 | 5.3% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 81230 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 42 | 27.5% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 49 | 32.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 43 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Chemical reaction | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 18.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 81230 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 81230.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gunnison | 227 | |
| 2 | Crested Butte | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saguache County | CO | 1.00 | FIPS 08109 |
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 — 399 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.