ZIP 87520 recorded 8 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 44 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Rio Arriba County, NM. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
44 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 6 | |
| 2025 | 8 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 87520 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire, other | 11 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 6 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 5 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 3 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 3 | 6.8% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 87520 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other | 5 | 31.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 31.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 18.8% | |
| 4 | Wall assembly | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 6.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 56.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Explosive, fireworks, other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 1 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 87520 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $5,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 87520.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chama | 42 |
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 — 44 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.