ZIP 35962 recorded 116 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 461 across 2021–2025. Primary county: DeKalb County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
461 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2022 | 80 | |
| 2023 | 113 | |
| 2024 | 137 | |
| 2025 | 116 |
Oct peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35962 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 121 | 26.2% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 65 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 39 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 38 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 30 | 6.5% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35962 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 215 | 74.9% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 5 | 1.7% | |
| 6 | Other | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Storage area, other | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 1.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 15 | 5.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 244 | 85.0% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 26 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 1.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 3 | 1.0% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 0.7% | |
| 7 | Lightning | 2 | 0.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 0.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 0.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 35962 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 39667% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $125,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 35962.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crossville | 454 | |
| 2 | Geraldine | 3 | |
| 3 | Boaz | 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 — 461 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.