ZIP 43026 recorded 229 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,241 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Franklin County, OH.
1,241 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 204 | |
| 2022 | 258 | |
| 2023 | 272 | |
| 2024 | 278 | |
| 2025 | 229 |
Jun peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 43026 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 311 | 25.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 123 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 115 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 68 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 54 | 4.4% |
For the 16 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 43026 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 47 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 39 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 11 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 78 | 26.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 160 | 53.7% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 18 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 12 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 34 | 11.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 43026 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 446% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,970,820 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $165,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 43026.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hilliard | 821 | |
| 2 | Columbus | 370 | |
| 3 | Plain City | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware County | OH | 0.50 | FIPS 39041 |
| Fairfield County | OH | 0.50 | FIPS 39045 |
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 — 1,241 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.