ZIP 87701 recorded 114 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,008 across 2021–2025. Primary county: San Miguel County, NM. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,008 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 271 | |
| 2022 | 247 | |
| 2023 | 190 | |
| 2024 | 186 | |
| 2025 | 114 |
Jan peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 87701 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 231 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 89 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 75 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 71 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 53 | 5.3% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 87701 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 71 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 67 | 22.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 26 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 83 | 27.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 170 | 57.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 10 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 11.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 87701 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 472% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $185,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 87701.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Las Vegas | 568 | |
| 2 | Rio Rancho | 1 |
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 — 1,008 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.