ZIP 41042 recorded 391 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,127 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Boone County, KY.
2,127 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 359 | |
| 2022 | 459 | |
| 2023 | 419 | |
| 2024 | 499 | |
| 2025 | 391 |
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 41042 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 311 | 14.6% | |
| 2 | Special outside fire, other | 197 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 170 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 116 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 114 | 5.4% |
For the 42 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 41042 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 187 | 25.1% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 89 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 88 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 78 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 67 | 9.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 49 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 16 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 14 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 156 | 21.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 447 | 60.1% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 103 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 47 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 15 | 2.0% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 13 | 1.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 67 | 9.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 41042 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 126% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $527,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $310,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $150,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $129,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 41042.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florence | 2,045 | |
| 2 | Elsmere | 18 | |
| 3 | Independence | 18 | |
| 4 | Walton | 2 | |
| 5 | Verona | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenton County | KY | 1.00 | FIPS 21117 |
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 — 2,127 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.