ZIP 52761 recorded 181 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 921 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Muscatine County, IA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
921 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 137 | |
| 2022 | 160 | |
| 2023 | 195 | |
| 2024 | 248 | |
| 2025 | 181 |
Mar peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 52761 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 184 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 182 | 19.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 58 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 47 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 44 | 4.8% |
For the 31 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 52761 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 17.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 37 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 34 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 30 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 12 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 96 | 33.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 120 | 41.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 32 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 21 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 11 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 41 | 14.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 52761 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 238% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $280,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $148,070 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $95,350 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 52761.
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 — 921 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.