ZIP 85648 recorded 109 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 526 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Santa Cruz County, AZ. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
526 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 89 | |
| 2022 | 105 | |
| 2023 | 103 | |
| 2024 | 120 | |
| 2025 | 109 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 85648 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 81 | 15.4% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 53 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 50 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 40 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 28 | 5.3% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 85648 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 22 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 8 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 39 | 27.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 40 | 27.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 14 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 14 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 34 | 23.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 85648 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1498500% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $9,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $7,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $4,455 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $3,300 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $2,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $1,200 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 85648.
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 — 526 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.