ZIP 38916 recorded 85 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 365 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Calhoun County, MS.
365 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 39 | |
| 2022 | 22 | |
| 2023 | 115 | |
| 2024 | 104 | |
| 2025 | 85 |
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 38916 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 115 | 31.5% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 65 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 35 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 26 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 25 | 6.8% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 38916 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 7 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 3 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Wall assembly | 3 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 23 | 38.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 15 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 13 | 21.7% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 2 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 2 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 13.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 38916 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 231% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $135,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $115,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $104,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $84,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 38916.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calhoun City | 365 |
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 — 365 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.