ZIP 99559 recorded 50 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 233 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bethel Census Area, AK. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
233 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 44 | |
| 2022 | 52 | |
| 2023 | 36 | |
| 2024 | 51 | |
| 2025 | 50 |
May peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 99559 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 72 | 30.9% | |
| 2 | Carbon monoxide incident | 16 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 13 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 13 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 11 | 4.7% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 99559 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 27 | 17.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Entrance way, lobby | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 66 | 42.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 68 | 44.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 9 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 16.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 99559 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2386% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $145,154 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 99559.
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 — 233 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.