ZIP 97502 recorded 269 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,312 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jackson County, OR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,312 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 208 | |
| 2022 | 276 | |
| 2023 | 279 | |
| 2024 | 280 | |
| 2025 | 269 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 97502 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 278 | 21.2% | |
| 2 | Authorized controlled burning | 170 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 126 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 87 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 81 | 6.2% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 97502 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 54 | 18.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 37 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 22 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 15 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 13 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 102 | 34.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 46 | 15.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 41 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 32 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 30 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 26 | 8.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 6.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 17 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 67 | 22.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 97502 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1473% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,553,380 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 97502.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Point | 1,245 | |
| 2 | Gold Hill | 30 | |
| 3 | White City | 28 | |
| 4 | Medford | 8 | |
| 5 | Yreka | 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 — 1,312 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.