ZIP 38863 recorded 148 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 710 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pontotoc County, MS. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
710 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 108 | |
| 2022 | 59 | |
| 2023 | 206 | |
| 2024 | 189 | |
| 2025 | 148 |
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38863 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grass fire | 157 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 139 | 19.6% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 90 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 59 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 24 | 3.4% |
For the 32 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38863 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 98 | 37.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 15 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 67 | 25.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 167 | 63.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 16 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 8.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38863 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 200% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $216,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $194,250 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38863.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pontotoc | 710 |
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 — 710 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.