ZIP 63701 recorded 223 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,655 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cape Girardeau County, MO.
1,655 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 | |
| 2022 | 1,053 | |
| 2023 | 244 | |
| 2024 | 73 | |
| 2025 | 223 |
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 63701 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 551 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 217 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 108 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 100 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 85 | 5.1% |
For the 42 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 63701 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 98 | 25.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 39 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 38 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 8.6% | |
| 6 | Other | 17 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 98 | 25.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 190 | 49.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 29 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 16 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 15 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 71 | 18.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 63701 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 179% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 63701.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cape Girardeau | 1,190 | |
| 2 | Advance | 2 | |
| 3 | Gordonville | 2 | |
| 4 | Jackson | 2 | |
| 5 | Scott City | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott County | MO | 0.50 | FIPS 29201 |
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 — 1,655 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.