ZIP 94041 recorded 73 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 338 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Santa Clara County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
338 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64 | |
| 2022 | 59 | |
| 2023 | 76 | |
| 2024 | 66 | |
| 2025 | 73 |
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 94041 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 86 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 34 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 22 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 21 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 21 | 6.2% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 94041 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 35 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 12 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 8 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 30 | 23.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 47 | 36.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 17.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 19 | 14.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 8 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Match | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 10.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 94041 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 169% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $90,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $29,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 94041.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountain View | 334 | |
| 2 | Sunnyvale | 2 | |
| 3 | Palo Alto | 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 — 338 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.