ZIP 70560 recorded 295 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,775 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Iberia Parish, LA.
1,775 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 333 | |
| 2022 | 202 | |
| 2023 | 473 | |
| 2024 | 472 | |
| 2025 | 295 |
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 70560 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 220 | 12.4% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 177 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 165 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 137 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 121 | 6.8% |
For the 35 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 70560 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 188 | 28.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 90 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 66 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 51 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 48 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 24 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 19 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 16 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 151 | 23.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 479 | 73.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 4.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 3.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 2.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 16 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 16 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 11 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 52 | 8.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 70560 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 308% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $296,260 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $275,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $87,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 70560.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Iberia | 1,743 | |
| 2 | Jeanerette | 9 | |
| 3 | Loreauville | 5 | |
| 4 | Delcambre | 4 | |
| 5 | Carencro | 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 — 1,775 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.