ZIP 36343 recorded 17 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 68 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Houston County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
68 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 23 | |
| 2024 | 15 | |
| 2025 | 17 |
May peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 36343 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 29 | 42.6% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 12 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 8 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 5 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 4 | 5.9% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 36343 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 38.5% | |
| 2 | Other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 7.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 76.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 7.7% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 36343.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cottonwood | 4 |
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 — 68 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.