ZIP 04605 recorded 183 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,004 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Hancock County, ME.
1,004 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 157 | |
| 2022 | 197 | |
| 2023 | 279 | |
| 2024 | 188 | |
| 2025 | 183 |
May peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 04605 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 142 | 14.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 134 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Biological hazard, confirmed or suspected | 89 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 67 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 62 | 6.2% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 04605 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 27 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Other | 13 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 12 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 4.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 50 | 26.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 74 | 39.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 17 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 10 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 19.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 04605 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 258% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Aircraft fire | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Accident, potential accident, other | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $173,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 04605.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellsworth | 534 | |
| 2 | Trenton | 136 | |
| 3 | Lamoine | 124 | |
| 4 | Mariaville | 66 | |
| 5 | Otis | 40 |
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 — 1,004 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.