ZIP 53703 recorded 134 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 688 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dane County, WI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
688 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 109 | |
| 2022 | 142 | |
| 2023 | 144 | |
| 2024 | 159 | |
| 2025 | 134 |
Sep peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53703 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 163 | 23.7% | |
| 2 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 55 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 53 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 45 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 44 | 6.4% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53703 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 19.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 8 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 7 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 3 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 35.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 39.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 6 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 4 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Candle | 2 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 11.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53703 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 267% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $280,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53703.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison | 688 |
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 — 688 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.