ZIP 97601 recorded 322 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,768 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Klamath County, OR. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,768 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 392 | |
| 2022 | 436 | |
| 2023 | 326 | |
| 2024 | 292 | |
| 2025 | 322 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 97601 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 609 | 34.4% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 160 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 141 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 85 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 84 | 4.8% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 97601 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 132 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 79 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 62 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 41 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 37 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 31 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Other | 28 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 22 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 207 | 32.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 269 | 42.1% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 35 | 5.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 33 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 30 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 28 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 22 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 172 | 26.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 97601 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 823% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $3,000,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Rail vehicle fire | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 97601.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Klamath Falls | 1,678 | |
| 2 | Chiloquin | 3 | |
| 3 | Abilene | 1 | |
| 4 | Bonanza | 1 | |
| 5 | Merrill | 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 — 1,768 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.