ZIP 70447 recorded 69 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 441 across 2021–2025. Primary county: St. Tammany Parish, LA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
441 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 123 | |
| 2022 | 72 | |
| 2023 | 103 | |
| 2024 | 74 | |
| 2025 | 69 |
Sep peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 70447 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 84 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 64 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 37 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 34 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 31 | 7.0% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 70447 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 27 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 15 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 4.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 31 | 21.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 83 | 57.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 11 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 20 | 13.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 70447 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 712% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $280,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 70447.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madisonville | 433 | |
| 2 | Covington | 2 |
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 — 441 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.