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ZIP profile (county fallback)

Fires in ZIP 01653

ZIP 01653 is served primarily by Worcester County, MA — including Worcester. ZIP-level data is sparse — showing the Worcester County aggregate. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

ZIP 01653 FIPS 25027 county fallback
Total incidents (2025)
4,323
23,972 across 5 years
Building fires
375
390 wildland
Wildfire risk
63
FEMA NRI · High
Active fires
0
in Worcester County
02 Seasonality (county-level)

When do fires happen in Worcester County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips. ZIP-level seasonality is sparse — this is the county aggregate.

Jan 359
Feb 359
Mar 482
Apr 455
May 371
Jun 376
Jul 300
Aug 307
Sep 367
Oct 348
Nov 326
Dec 273
03 Top incident types

What kinds of calls lead in Worcester County?

Top 5 NFIRS incident types — county-level breakdown.

#Incident typeCountShare 
1 Cooking fire, confined to container 686 15.9%
2 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 463 10.7%
3 Building fires 375 8.7%
4 Unauthorized burning 302 7.0%
5 Carbon monoxide incident 294 6.8%
09 Cities served

Cities mapped to ZIP 01653

50 cities sit in Worcester County. Click for the per-city NFIRS profile.

#CityPopulation2025 incidentsBuilding firesGrade
1 Worcester 204,191 1,622 72 B-
2 Leominster 43,620 477 47 B-
3 Fitchburg 41,621 664 52 C+
4 Shrewsbury 38,734 293 17 A-
5 Milford 30,202 309 24 B+
6 Westborough 21,360 179 22 C+
7 Gardner 21,090 432 43 B-
8 Holden 19,783 108 14 A
9 Grafton 19,650 67 6 A
10 Webster 17,671 137 16 B
11 Southbridge 17,669 229 13 B-
12 Auburn 16,849 136 14 B+
13 Northbridge 16,303 83 8 B+
14 Northborough 15,647 130 9 B
15 Clinton 15,347 17 16 A
16 Uxbridge 14,228 106 9 B
17 Millbury 13,852 87 26 A-
18 Oxford 13,369 129 46 B
19 Charlton 13,338 177 15 B
20 Spencer 11,955 119 20 B+
21 Athol 11,921 104 32 C+
22 Dudley 11,885 55 12 B+
23 Lunenburg 11,735 104 18 B+
24 Leicester 11,066 120 20 A-
25 Southborough 10,421 95 2 B
26 Winchendon 10,372 97 12 B+
27 Sturbridge 9,842 90 10 B-
28 Sutton 9,357 80 3 A-
29 Blackstone 9,195 72 8 B
30 Rutland 9,102 133 24 B+
31 Douglas 9,024 66 9 B+
32 Lancaster 8,395 62 20 A-
33 Westminster 8,220 89 14 B+
34 Templeton 8,157 72 10 B+
35 Sterling 8,053 75 3 B+
36 Upton 8,037 76 6 B+
37 West Boylston 7,695 66 12 A-
38 Whitinsville 7,273 1 1 A+
39 Harvard 6,835 72 3 B+
40 Ashburnham 6,337 63 14 A-
41 Mendon 6,238 62 23 B+
42 Hopedale 6,021 75 4 B
43 Bolton 5,653 70 10 B
44 Barre 5,531 86 2 B
45 Paxton 5,013 64 11 B+
46 Warren 4,985 132 10 B-
47 Boylston 4,855 38 14 A-
48 North Brookfield 4,750 48 4 B+
49 Hubbardston 4,338 99 1 B-
50 West Brookfield 3,823 56 5 B-
11 Current conditions

Right now in 01653

The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.

Air quality (AQI) EPA AirNow01653 → Red Flag & fire-weather NWS forecast & alerts01653 → Active fires NIFC snapshotmap → Full Worcester County report county profilego →

About ZIP-level data

This ZIP doesn't have enough NFIRS coverage on its own (under 10 reported incidents across 2021–2025) to publish ZIP-level statistics, so we're showing the Worcester County aggregate above. NFIRS reporting is voluntary and many rural ZIPs roll up to broader county totals. The ZIP-to-county mapping uses SimpleMaps' uscities.zips dataset.