ZIP 31501 recorded 1 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 616 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Ware County, GA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
616 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 180 | |
| 2022 | 152 | |
| 2023 | 162 | |
| 2024 | 121 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Jan peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 31501 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 97 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 75 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 63 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 56 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 49 | 8.0% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 31501 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 69 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 25 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Railroad right of way: on or near | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 66 | 25.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 155 | 60.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 21 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 2.7% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Radiated heat from another fire | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 33 | 12.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 31501 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $70,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $54,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $46,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $38,087 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 31501.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waycross | 616 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County | GA | 0.50 | FIPS 13229 |
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 — 616 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.