ZIP 81321 recorded 192 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 881 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Montezuma County, CO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
881 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 202 | |
| 2022 | 164 | |
| 2023 | 140 | |
| 2024 | 183 | |
| 2025 | 192 |
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 81321 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 138 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 96 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 96 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 95 | 10.8% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 60 | 6.8% |
For the 23 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 81321 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 89 | 26.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 51 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 29 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 28 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 78 | 23.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 177 | 52.8% | |
| 2 | Lightning | 20 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 62 | 18.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 81321 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 298% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $230,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $45,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 81321.
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 — 881 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.