ZIP 35601 recorded 184 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,598 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Morgan County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,598 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 335 | |
| 2022 | 394 | |
| 2023 | 420 | |
| 2024 | 265 | |
| 2025 | 184 |
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35601 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 216 | 13.5% | |
| 2 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 209 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 164 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 106 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 101 | 6.3% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35601 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 228 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 122 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 114 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 108 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 102 | 9.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 48 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 35 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 27 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 307 | 28.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 599 | 54.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 72 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 66 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Match | 43 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 41 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 40 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 39 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 34 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 157 | 14.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 35601 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 178% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 35601.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decatur | 1,586 | |
| 2 | Priceville | 7 | |
| 3 | Trinity | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone County | AL | 0.50 | FIPS 01083 |
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 — 1,598 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.