ZIP 81427 recorded 14 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 20 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Ouray County, CO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
20 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 14 |
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 81427 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 1 | 5.0% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 81427 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 80.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 20.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Fireworks | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 1 | 20.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 81427 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 81427.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouray | 19 |
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 — 20 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.