ZIP 43023 recorded 110 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 634 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Licking County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
634 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 110 | |
| 2022 | 133 | |
| 2023 | 132 | |
| 2024 | 149 | |
| 2025 | 110 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 43023 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 122 | 19.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 111 | 17.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 71 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 34 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 31 | 4.9% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 43023 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 13 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 7 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Other | 5 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 26 | 27.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 29 | 30.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 17 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 14.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 43023 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 695% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 43023.
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 — 634 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.