ZIP 95062 recorded 88 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,041 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Santa Cruz County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,041 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 187 | |
| 2022 | 257 | |
| 2023 | 255 | |
| 2024 | 254 | |
| 2025 | 88 |
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 95062 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 175 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 134 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 122 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 81 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 55 | 5.3% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 95062 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 69 | 22.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 24 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 21 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 18 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 18 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 4.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 97 | 31.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 159 | 52.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 7.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 15 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 51 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 95062 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 6803% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $42,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 95062.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Cruz | 1,020 | |
| 2 | Capitola | 19 | |
| 3 | Oakland | 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 — 1,041 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.