ZIP 30534 recorded 19 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 975 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cherokee County, GA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
975 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 237 | |
| 2022 | 254 | |
| 2023 | 269 | |
| 2024 | 196 | |
| 2025 | 19 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 30534 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 142 | 14.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 88 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 88 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 81 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 77 | 7.9% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 30534 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 56 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 47 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 77 | 32.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 133 | 56.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 11 | 4.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 17.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 30534 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $354,300 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 30534.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dawsonville | 952 | |
| 2 | Cumming | 10 | |
| 3 | Gainesville | 3 | |
| 4 | Ball Ground | 1 | |
| 5 | Jasper | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dawson County | GA | 1.00 | FIPS 13085 |
| Lumpkin County | GA | 1.00 | FIPS 13187 |
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 — 975 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.