ZIP 87031 recorded 574 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,761 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Valencia County, NM. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
2,761 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 632 | |
| 2022 | 502 | |
| 2023 | 557 | |
| 2024 | 496 | |
| 2025 | 574 |
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 87031 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 356 | 12.9% | |
| 2 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 306 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 270 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 212 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 195 | 7.1% |
For the 77 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 87031 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 461 | 35.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 425 | 32.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 88 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Other | 60 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 37 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 21 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 20 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 167 | 12.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 912 | 69.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 104 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 46 | 3.5% | |
| 4 | Match | 38 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 35 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 23 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 108 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 87031 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 133% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,500,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $74,100 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 87031.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Lunas | 1,609 | |
| 2 | El Cerro | 267 | |
| 3 | Meadow Lake | 231 | |
| 4 | Valencia | 77 | |
| 5 | Belen | 9 |
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 — 2,761 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.