ZIP 30720 recorded 0 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,088 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Whitfield County, GA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,088 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 287 | |
| 2022 | 249 | |
| 2023 | 274 | |
| 2024 | 278 | |
| 2025 | 0 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 30720 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 185 | 17.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 98 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 92 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 83 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 77 | 7.1% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 30720 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 84 | 23.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 49 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 33 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 20 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 16 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 7 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 87 | 24.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 206 | 58.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 32 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 15 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 5 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 10.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 30720 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $950,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $101,965 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 30720.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dalton | 1,086 |
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 — 1,088 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.