ZIP 39702 recorded 263 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 871 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lowndes County, MS.
871 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 157 | |
| 2022 | 41 | |
| 2023 | 192 | |
| 2024 | 218 | |
| 2025 | 263 |
May peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 39702 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 148 | 17.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 127 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 99 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 69 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 54 | 6.2% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 39702 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 84 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 46 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 27 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 20 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 10 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Wall assembly | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 90 | 30.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 181 | 60.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 30 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 24 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 4.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 39702 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 266% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $128,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 39702.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbus | 871 |
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 — 871 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.