ZIP 83501 recorded 174 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 808 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Nez Perce County, ID. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
808 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 172 | |
| 2022 | 138 | |
| 2023 | 184 | |
| 2024 | 140 | |
| 2025 | 174 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 83501 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 141 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 63 | 7.8% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 61 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 55 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 54 | 6.7% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 83501 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 50 | 17.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 33 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 17 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 113 | 39.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 78 | 27.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 39 | 13.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 15 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 63 | 22.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 83501 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 136% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $318,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $275,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 83501.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewiston | 804 |
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 — 808 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.