ZIP 59457 recorded 79 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 449 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Fergus County, MT. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
449 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 114 | |
| 2022 | 94 | |
| 2023 | 72 | |
| 2024 | 90 | |
| 2025 | 79 |
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 59457 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 75 | 16.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 40 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 35 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 32 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 29 | 6.5% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 59457 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 29 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Other | 7 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 33 | 28.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 18 | 15.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 15 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 9 | 7.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 33 | 28.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 59457 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 376% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $37,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $19,500 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $18,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 59457.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewistown | 448 |
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 — 449 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.