ZIP 53532 recorded 93 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 447 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Columbia County, WI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
447 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 64 | |
| 2022 | 80 | |
| 2023 | 98 | |
| 2024 | 112 | |
| 2025 | 93 |
Feb peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53532 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 86 | 19.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 80 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 33 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 28 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 23 | 5.1% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53532 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 25 | 18.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 10.1% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Exterior, exposed surface | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 29 | 21.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 63 | 45.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 8 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 25 | 18.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53532 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 549% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53532.
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dane County | WI | 1.00 | FIPS 55025 |
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 — 447 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.