ZIP 85226 recorded 116 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 718 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Maricopa County, AZ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
718 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 127 | |
| 2022 | 150 | |
| 2023 | 160 | |
| 2024 | 165 | |
| 2025 | 116 |
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 85226 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 146 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 92 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Hazardous condition, other | 75 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 62 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 60 | 8.4% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 85226 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 39 | 17.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 15.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 14 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Other | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 52 | 23.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 87 | 39.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 33 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 27 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 16 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 8.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 85226 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 742% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $900,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 85226.
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 — 718 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.