ZIP 35981 recorded 1 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 47 across 2021–2025. Primary county: DeKalb County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
47 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 15 | |
| 2024 | 22 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Oct peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 35981 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 26 | 55.3% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 9 | 19.1% | |
| 3 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 3 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 3 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 1 | 2.1% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 35981 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 12 | 85.7% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 7.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 13 | 92.9% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 7.1% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 35981.
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 — 47 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.