ZIP 97526 recorded 270 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,485 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Josephine County, OR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,485 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 365 | |
| 2022 | 374 | |
| 2023 | 220 | |
| 2024 | 256 | |
| 2025 | 270 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 97526 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 355 | 23.9% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 124 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 117 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 103 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 90 | 6.1% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 97526 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 69 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 54 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 33 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 12 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 88 | 25.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 201 | 58.9% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 34 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 18 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 42 | 12.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 97526 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 148% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $370,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $179,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $92,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 97526.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grants Pass | 1,467 | |
| 2 | Merlin | 2 | |
| 3 | Rogue River | 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 — 1,485 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.