ZIP 90265 recorded 176 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 654 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Los Angeles County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
654 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 157 | |
| 2022 | 99 | |
| 2023 | 104 | |
| 2024 | 118 | |
| 2025 | 176 |
Jan peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 90265 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 67 | 10.2% | |
| 2 | Fire, other | 62 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 54 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 48 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 42 | 6.4% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 90265 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 33 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Equipment or service area, other | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 55 | 29.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 51 | 27.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 30 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 24 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Match | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 32 | 16.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 90265 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 235% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,000,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2025 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $4,585,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 90265.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malibu | 572 | |
| 2 | Topanga | 5 | |
| 3 | Los Angeles | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ventura County | CA | 1.00 | FIPS 06111 |
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 — 654 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.