ZIP 40870 recorded 1 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 14 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Harlan County, KY. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
14 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Feb peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 40870 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 5 | Construction or demolition landfill fire | 1 | 7.1% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 40870 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 1 | 20.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 20.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 40870 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
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 — 14 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.