ZIP 95060 recorded 396 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,537 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Santa Cruz County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
2,537 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 522 | |
| 2022 | 536 | |
| 2023 | 574 | |
| 2024 | 509 | |
| 2025 | 396 |
Jan peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 95060 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 422 | 16.6% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 298 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 226 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 148 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 126 | 5.0% |
For the 17 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 95060 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 235 | 25.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 91 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 83 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 62 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 60 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 56 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Other | 47 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 41 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 245 | 26.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 518 | 56.3% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 61 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 48 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 45 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 32 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 25 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 23 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 137 | 14.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 95060 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1076% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $1,200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 95060.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz | 2,186 | |
| 2 | Davenport | 9 | |
| 3 | Bonny Doon | 6 | |
| 4 | Felton | 2 | |
| 5 | Scotts Valley | 2 |
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 — 2,537 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.