ZIP 93436 recorded 197 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,479 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Santa Barbara County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,479 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 263 | |
| 2022 | 320 | |
| 2023 | 369 | |
| 2024 | 330 | |
| 2025 | 197 |
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 93436 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 144 | 9.7% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 137 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 122 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Hazardous condition, other | 113 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 108 | 7.3% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 93436 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 231 | 34.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 129 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 47 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 32 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 32 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 31 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 26 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 129 | 19.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 475 | 69.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 30 | 4.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 27 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 19 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 13 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 64 | 9.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 93436 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1015% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $487,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 93436.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lompoc | 1,457 | |
| 2 | Vandenberg AFB | 5 | |
| 3 | Vandenberg Village | 3 | |
| 4 | Los Alamos | 1 | |
| 5 | Santa Barbara | 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 — 1,479 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.