ZIP 66605 recorded 81 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,025 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Shawnee County, KS. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,025 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 215 | |
| 2022 | 271 | |
| 2023 | 253 | |
| 2024 | 205 | |
| 2025 | 81 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 66605 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 180 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 111 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 85 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 81 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 77 | 7.5% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 66605 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 122 | 22.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 120 | 22.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 88 | 16.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 37 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 12 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 97 | 17.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 376 | 68.9% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 22 | 4.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 4.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 17 | 3.1% | |
| 5 | Fireworks | 14 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 12 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Match | 9 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 62 | 11.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 66605 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 569% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $89,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $69,140 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $43,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 66605.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Topeka | 1,024 |
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 — 1,025 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.