ZIP 88310 recorded 339 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,857 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Otero County, NM. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,857 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 390 | |
| 2022 | 344 | |
| 2023 | 405 | |
| 2024 | 379 | |
| 2025 | 339 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 88310 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 284 | 15.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 239 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 178 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 163 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 101 | 5.4% |
For the 47 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 88310 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 130 | 21.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 100 | 16.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 54 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 38 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Other | 36 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 19 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 17 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 178 | 29.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 320 | 53.7% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 33 | 5.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 26 | 4.4% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 25 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 23 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 18 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 108 | 18.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 88310 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 336% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $174,841 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $164,600 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $132,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 88310.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alamogordo | 1,807 | |
| 2 | Boles Acres | 2 | |
| 3 | La Luz | 1 | |
| 4 | Tularosa | 1 | |
| 5 | White Sands | 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 — 1,857 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.