ZIP 93501 recorded 312 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,351 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kern County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,351 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 331 | |
| 2022 | 174 | |
| 2023 | 261 | |
| 2024 | 273 | |
| 2025 | 312 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 93501 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 385 | 28.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 99 | 7.3% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 98 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 90 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 73 | 5.4% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 93501 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 87 | 32.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 38 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 22 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 15 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Other | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 73 | 27.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 148 | 55.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 30 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 14 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 8.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 93501 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 477% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $2,000,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $2,000,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $2,000,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $1,500,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $1,500,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $1,500,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2023 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 93501.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mojave | 1,153 | |
| 2 | Rosamond | 47 | |
| 3 | California City | 9 | |
| 4 | Tehachapi | 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 — 1,351 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.