ZIP 35906 recorded 79 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 337 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Etowah County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
337 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | |
| 2022 | 61 | |
| 2023 | 82 | |
| 2024 | 71 | |
| 2025 | 79 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35906 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 51 | 15.1% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 30 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 25 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 23 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 19 | 5.6% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35906 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 47 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 29 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 9 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 44 | 23.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 93 | 50.3% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 12 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 33 | 17.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 35906 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 137% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 35906.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rainbow City | 332 | |
| 2 | Gadsden | 2 | |
| 3 | Glencoe | 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 — 337 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.