ZIP 52402 recorded 252 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,315 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Linn County, IA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,315 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 266 | |
| 2022 | 274 | |
| 2023 | 249 | |
| 2024 | 274 | |
| 2025 | 252 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 52402 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 195 | 14.8% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 147 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 137 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 83 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 69 | 5.2% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 52402 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 75 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 55 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 38 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 22 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Other | 18 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 16 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 134 | 32.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 181 | 44.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 49 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 42 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 25 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 19 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 10 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 56 | 13.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 52402 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 316% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $441,480 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $406,266 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $178,826 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $128,300 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $125,548 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $115,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 52402.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cedar Rapids | 1,227 |
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 — 1,315 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.