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ZIP profile (county fallback)

Fires in ZIP 51029

ZIP 51029 is served primarily by Cherokee County, IA — including Cherokee. ZIP-level data is sparse — showing the Cherokee County aggregate.

ZIP 51029 FIPS 19035 county fallback
Total incidents (2025)
126
309 across 5 years
Building fires
19
46 wildland
Wildfire risk
24
FEMA NRI · Low
Active fires
0
in Cherokee County
02 Seasonality (county-level)

When do fires happen in Cherokee County?

Apr peaks. Aug dips. ZIP-level seasonality is sparse — this is the county aggregate.

Jan 12
Feb 10
Mar 17
Apr 28
May 10
Jun 3
Jul 21
Aug 1
Sep 4
Oct 10
Nov 8
Dec 2
03 Top incident types

What kinds of calls lead in Cherokee County?

Top 5 NFIRS incident types — county-level breakdown.

#Incident typeCountShare 
1 Grass fire 30 23.8%
2 Building fires 19 15.1%
3 Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 13 10.3%
4 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 10 7.9%
5 Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire 6 4.8%
09 Cities served

Cities mapped to ZIP 51029

3 cities sit in Cherokee County. Click for the per-city NFIRS profile.

#CityPopulation2025 incidentsBuilding firesGrade
1 Cherokee 5,154 55 10 A-
2 Marcus 1,200 16 3 B+
3 Aurelia 941 13 1 B+
11 Current conditions

Right now in 51029

The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.

About ZIP-level data

This ZIP doesn't have enough NFIRS coverage on its own (under 10 reported incidents across 2021–2025) to publish ZIP-level statistics, so we're showing the Cherokee County aggregate above. NFIRS reporting is voluntary and many rural ZIPs roll up to broader county totals. The ZIP-to-county mapping uses SimpleMaps' uscities.zips dataset.