ZIP 38655 recorded 328 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,439 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lafayette County, MS. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,439 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 266 | |
| 2022 | 81 | |
| 2023 | 377 | |
| 2024 | 387 | |
| 2025 | 328 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38655 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 286 | 19.9% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 160 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 143 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 132 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 95 | 6.6% |
For the 31 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38655 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 115 | 30.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 58 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 38 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 10 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 10 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 101 | 26.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 193 | 51.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 35 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 27 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 21 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 12 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Lightning | 8 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 49 | 13.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38655 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 184% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38655.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxford | 1,424 |
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 — 1,439 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.