ZIP 70769 recorded 204 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,715 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Ascension Parish, LA.
1,715 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 536 | |
| 2022 | 265 | |
| 2023 | 411 | |
| 2024 | 299 | |
| 2025 | 204 |
Sep peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 70769 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 217 | 12.7% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 197 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 171 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 144 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 108 | 6.3% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 70769 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 104 | 18.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 91 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 84 | 14.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 52 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 37 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 24 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 18 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 143 | 25.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 233 | 40.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 57 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 36 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 33 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 29 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 19 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 121 | 21.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 70769 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 157% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $349,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $302,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $119,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 70769.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prairieville | 1,710 | |
| 2 | Port Allen | 1 |
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 — 1,715 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.