ZIP 53726 recorded 15 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 77 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dane County, WI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
77 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 17 | |
| 2023 | 15 | |
| 2024 | 22 | |
| 2025 | 15 |
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 53726 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 21 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 15 | 19.5% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 7 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 6 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 5 | 6.5% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 53726 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 3 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Wall assembly | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 1 | 11.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 22.2% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 11.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 53726 across 2021–2025. These 6 fires alone account for 81728% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $6,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $500 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $400 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $10 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 53726.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison | 77 |
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 — 77 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.