ZIP 81434 recorded 5 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 25 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Gunnison County, CO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
25 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 9 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 81434 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 7 | 28.0% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 6 | 24.0% | |
| 3 | Accident, potential accident, other | 3 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 2 | 8.0% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 81434 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Switchgear area, transformer vault | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 4.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | Lightning | 4 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 3 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Conducted heat from another fire | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 4.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 81434 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Rail vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 81434.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paonia | 1 |
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 — 25 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.