ZIP 39475 recorded 159 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 705 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lamar County, MS. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
705 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 118 | |
| 2022 | 36 | |
| 2023 | 221 | |
| 2024 | 171 | |
| 2025 | 159 |
Feb peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 39475 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 113 | 16.0% | |
| 2 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 95 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 88 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 64 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 46 | 6.5% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 39475 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 56 | 44.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 15.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Wall assembly | 4 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 24 | 19.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 92 | 73.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 10 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 5 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 7 | Match | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 0.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 3 | 2.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 39475 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 109% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $190,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $185,390 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $185,370 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $155,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 39475.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purvis | 704 | |
| 2 | Hattiesburg | 1 |
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 — 705 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.