ZIP 42101 recorded 476 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,703 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Edmonson County, KY.
2,703 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 528 | |
| 2022 | 589 | |
| 2023 | 557 | |
| 2024 | 553 | |
| 2025 | 476 |
Mar peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 42101 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 474 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 428 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 237 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 182 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 148 | 5.5% |
For the 64 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 42101 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 242 | 21.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 187 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 101 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 90 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 73 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 43 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 35 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 31 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 341 | 29.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 743 | 65.0% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 50 | 4.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 49 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 49 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 32 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 32 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 26 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 135 | 11.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 42101 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 248% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $416,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $311,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $305,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $220,309 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $214,375 | Fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 42101.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowling Green | 2,666 | |
| 2 | Glasgow | 2 | |
| 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | |
| 4 | Smiths Grove | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren County | KY | 1.00 | FIPS 21227 |
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 — 2,703 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.