ZIP 36279 recorded 6 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 36 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Calhoun County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
36 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 6 |
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 36279 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 15 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 7 | 19.4% | |
| 3 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Fire, other | 2 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 2 | 5.6% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 36279 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 8 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Function area, other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 1 | 6.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 9 | 56.2% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 36279 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $1 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 36279.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gadsden | 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 — 36 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.