ZIP 35401 recorded 296 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,021 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Tuscaloosa County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
2,021 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 698 | |
| 2022 | 464 | |
| 2023 | 268 | |
| 2024 | 295 | |
| 2025 | 296 |
May peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35401 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 248 | 12.3% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 158 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 154 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 138 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 137 | 6.8% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35401 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 247 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 154 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 154 | 13.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 122 | 10.6% | |
| 5 | Other | 50 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 50 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 46 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 26 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 304 | 26.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 629 | 54.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 99 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 68 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 65 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 60 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 33 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 31 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 29 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 139 | 12.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 35401 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 210% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $260,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 35401.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuscaloosa | 2,003 | |
| 2 | Northport | 4 | |
| 3 | Cottondale | 3 | |
| 4 | Vance | 3 |
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 — 2,021 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.