ZIP 42635 recorded 53 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 201 across 2021–2025. Primary county: McCreary County, KY. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
201 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 29 | |
| 2022 | 36 | |
| 2023 | 28 | |
| 2024 | 55 | |
| 2025 | 53 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 42635 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 32 | 15.9% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 30 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 25 | 12.4% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 20 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 17 | 8.5% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 42635 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 114 | 82.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 7 | 5.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 126 | 91.3% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 1.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 0.7% | |
| 8 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 0.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 42635 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 42635.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pine Knot | 200 |
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 — 201 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.