ZIP 36849 recorded 15 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 110 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lee County, AL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
110 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 28 | |
| 2024 | 34 | |
| 2025 | 15 |
Nov peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 36849 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 59 | 53.6% | |
| 2 | Fire, other | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Overheated motor | 5 | 4.5% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 36849 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Office | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Egress/exit, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 5 | 22.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 2 | 9.1% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 36849.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 110 |
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 — 110 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.