ZIP 65251 recorded 216 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,073 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Callaway County, MO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,073 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 199 | |
| 2022 | 240 | |
| 2023 | 222 | |
| 2024 | 196 | |
| 2025 | 216 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 65251 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 246 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 141 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 103 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 65 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 49 | 4.6% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 65251 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 15.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 36 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 33 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 32 | 12.7% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 9.2% | |
| 6 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 10 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 60 | 23.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 116 | 46.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 38 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 13 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 7 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 14.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 65251 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 213% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 65251.
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 — 1,073 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.