ZIP 65279 recorded 15 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 60 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Boone County, MO. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
60 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 15 |
Jun peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 65279 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 9 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 8 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 7 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 6 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 6 | 10.0% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 65279 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Wall assembly | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 1 | 5.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 5.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 1 | 5.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 65279 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 193% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $265,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $45,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $18,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $14,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $500 | Special outside fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
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 — 60 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.