ZIP 53583 recorded 19 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 199 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dane County, WI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
199 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 46 | |
| 2022 | 40 | |
| 2023 | 44 | |
| 2024 | 50 | |
| 2025 | 19 |
Jun peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53583 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 56 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 24 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 15 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 13 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 11 | 5.5% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53583 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 14.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 7 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 4 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 7.0% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 3 | 5.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 17 | 29.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 27 | 47.4% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 3 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 2 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 17.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53583 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 7141% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53583.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sauk City | 194 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauk County | WI | 1.00 | FIPS 55111 |
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 — 199 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.