ZIP 42431 recorded 230 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,227 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hopkins County, KY.
1,227 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 174 | |
| 2022 | 297 | |
| 2023 | 305 | |
| 2024 | 221 | |
| 2025 | 230 |
Oct peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 42431 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 215 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 158 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 142 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 94 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 72 | 5.9% |
For the 40 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 42431 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 78 | 18.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 59 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 44 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Other | 23 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 127 | 30.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 200 | 47.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 31 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 30 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 30 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 21 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 14 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 74 | 17.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 42431 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 113% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $287,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $165,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $160,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 42431.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madisonville | 1,194 | |
| 2 | Hanson | 16 | |
| 3 | Earlington | 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 — 1,227 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.