ZIP 96120 recorded 4 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 21 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Alpine County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
21 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 13 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 0 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 96120 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 12 | 57.1% | |
| 2 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 1 | 4.8% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 96120 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lightning | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 96120.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alpine | 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 — 21 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.