ZIP 35903 recorded 184 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 708 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Etowah County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
708 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 30 | |
| 2022 | 151 | |
| 2023 | 184 | |
| 2024 | 159 | |
| 2025 | 184 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35903 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 127 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 119 | 16.8% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 73 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 47 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 44 | 6.2% |
For the 34 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35903 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 98 | 25.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 49 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 35 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 33 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 25 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 18 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 93 | 24.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 191 | 50.1% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 40 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 28 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 21 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 46 | 12.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 35903 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 100% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 35903.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gadsden | 421 | |
| 2 | Hokes Bluff | 244 | |
| 3 | Glencoe | 4 | |
| 4 | Anniston | 3 | |
| 5 | Oxford | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun County | AL | 0.50 | FIPS 01015 |
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 — 708 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.