ZIP 97037 recorded 8 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 67 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wasco County, OR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
67 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 21 | |
| 2023 | 9 | |
| 2024 | 13 | |
| 2025 | 8 |
Aug peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 97037 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 14 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 13 | 19.4% | |
| 3 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 10 | 14.9% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 9 | 13.4% | |
| 5 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 4 | 6.0% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 97037 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 6 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 5 | 22.7% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 13.6% | |
| 4 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 1 | 4.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 10 | 45.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Lightning | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Conducted heat from another fire | 2 | 9.1% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 4.5% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 97037.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem | 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 — 67 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.