ZIP 85212 recorded 280 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,080 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Maricopa County, AZ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,080 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 124 | |
| 2022 | 188 | |
| 2023 | 244 | |
| 2024 | 244 | |
| 2025 | 280 |
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 85212 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 217 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Aircraft standby | 174 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 105 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 66 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 54 | 5.0% |
For the 35 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 85212 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 18 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 13 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 6.9% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 38 | 26.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 28.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 32 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 24 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 15 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Candle | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 5.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 85212 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 183% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Aircraft fire | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 85212.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mesa | 1,039 | |
| 2 | Apache Junction | 14 | |
| 3 | Gilbert | 13 | |
| 4 | Queen Creek | 8 |
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 — 1,080 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.