ZIP 35405 recorded 225 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 758 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Tuscaloosa County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
758 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64 | |
| 2022 | 115 | |
| 2023 | 172 | |
| 2024 | 182 | |
| 2025 | 225 |
Jul peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35405 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 98 | 12.9% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 76 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 67 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 65 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 46 | 6.1% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35405 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 100 | 26.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 50 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 50 | 13.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 28 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 101 | 26.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 207 | 53.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 29 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 24 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 19 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 9 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 53 | 13.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 35405 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 116% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $444,700 | Fire, other | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 35405.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuscaloosa | 730 | |
| 2 | Cottondale | 16 | |
| 3 | McCalla | 1 | |
| 4 | Moundville | 1 |
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 — 758 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.