ZIP 93454 recorded 345 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,476 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Santa Barbara County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,476 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 233 | |
| 2022 | 297 | |
| 2023 | 290 | |
| 2024 | 311 | |
| 2025 | 345 |
Aug peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 93454 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 170 | 11.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 125 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 91 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 88 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 87 | 5.9% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 93454 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 229 | 38.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 63 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 40 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 31 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Other | 30 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 30 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 25 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 125 | 21.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 378 | 63.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 53 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 21 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 21 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 56 | 9.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 93454 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 145% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $440,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 93454.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Maria | 1,363 | |
| 2 | Nipomo | 10 | |
| 3 | Los Alamos | 5 | |
| 4 | Orcutt | 2 | |
| 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 — 1,476 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.