ZIP 63755 recorded 185 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 931 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cape Girardeau County, MO.
931 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 153 | |
| 2022 | 183 | |
| 2023 | 215 | |
| 2024 | 195 | |
| 2025 | 185 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 63755 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 192 | 20.6% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 75 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 67 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 63 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 52 | 5.6% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 63755 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 59 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 39 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 36 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Other | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 104 | 32.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 141 | 44.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 18 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 15 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 64 | 20.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 63755 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 291% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 63755.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jackson | 855 | |
| 2 | Cape Girardeau | 20 | |
| 3 | Benton | 1 |
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 — 931 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.