ZIP 93638 recorded 309 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,885 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Madera County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,885 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 376 | |
| 2022 | 402 | |
| 2023 | 401 | |
| 2024 | 397 | |
| 2025 | 309 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 93638 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grass fire | 425 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 373 | 19.8% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 187 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 162 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 102 | 5.4% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 93638 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 100 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 31 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Vehicle area, other | 24 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 24 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 22 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 119 | 33.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 22.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 77 | 21.6% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 26 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 23 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 20 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 13 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 82 | 23.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 93638 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 691% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $900,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $600,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 6 | $375,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $296,049 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 93638.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madera | 407 |
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 — 1,885 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.