ZIP 70427 recorded 186 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 754 across 2021–2025. Primary county: St. Tammany Parish, LA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
754 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 143 | |
| 2022 | 171 | |
| 2023 | 102 | |
| 2024 | 152 | |
| 2025 | 186 |
Feb peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 70427 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 87 | 11.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 70 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 70 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 67 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 64 | 8.5% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 70427 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 143 | 67.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 14 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 4.2% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 5 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 26 | 12.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 174 | 82.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 9 | 4.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.4% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 0.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 0.9% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 0.9% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 2 | 0.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 3.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 70427 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 93715% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $790,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 70427.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bogalusa | 674 | |
| 2 | Sun | 3 | |
| 3 | Franklinton | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Parish | LA | 1.00 | FIPS 22117 |
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 — 754 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.