ZIP 90503 recorded 114 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 506 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Los Angeles County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
506 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | |
| 2022 | 131 | |
| 2023 | 93 | |
| 2024 | 97 | |
| 2025 | 114 |
Dec peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 90503 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 117 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 58 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 47 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 30 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 28 | 5.5% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 90503 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 18.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 16 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 11 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 9 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 41 | 29.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 65 | 46.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 13 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 16 | 11.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 90503 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 253% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $310,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $245,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $210,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Outside storage fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $183,750 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 90503.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Torrance | 506 |
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 — 506 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.