ZIP 35501 recorded 19 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 101 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Walker County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
101 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 60 | |
| 2025 | 19 |
Feb peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35501 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 47 | 46.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 22 | 21.8% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 5 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 4 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 3 | 3.0% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35501 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 44 | 52.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 10 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 2 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 9 | 10.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 72 | 85.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 4 | 4.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 1 | 1.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 2 | 2.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 35501 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $120,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 35501.
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 — 101 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.