ZIP 88401 recorded 90 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 433 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Quay County, NM. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
433 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 82 | |
| 2023 | 82 | |
| 2024 | 141 | |
| 2025 | 90 |
May peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 88401 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grass fire | 102 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 62 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 45 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 27 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 19 | 4.4% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 88401 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 34 | 21.0% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 31 | 19.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Other | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 43 | 26.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 73 | 45.1% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 17 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Heat, spark from friction | 12 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 11 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 6 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 20 | 12.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 88401 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 226% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 88401.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tucumcari | 428 |
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 — 433 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.