ZIP 35453 recorded 69 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 265 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Tuscaloosa County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
265 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 21 | |
| 2022 | 55 | |
| 2023 | 49 | |
| 2024 | 71 | |
| 2025 | 69 |
Sep peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35453 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 42 | 15.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 32 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 22 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 18 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 18 | 6.8% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35453 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 46 | 27.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 18.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 12 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 37 | 22.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 96 | 57.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 24 | 14.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 35453 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 96% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 35453.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cottondale | 240 | |
| 2 | Tuscaloosa | 6 | |
| 3 | Vance | 4 | |
| 4 | Coaling | 2 | |
| 5 | Brookwood | 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 — 265 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.