ZIP 43068 recorded 229 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,420 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Franklin County, OH.
1,420 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 315 | |
| 2022 | 286 | |
| 2023 | 270 | |
| 2024 | 320 | |
| 2025 | 229 |
Sep peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 43068 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 288 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 261 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 119 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 112 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 68 | 4.8% |
For the 55 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 43068 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 39 | 13.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 37 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 29 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 17 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 17 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 96 | 33.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 122 | 43.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 16 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 15 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 54 | 19.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 43068 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 265% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 43068.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reynoldsburg | 1,113 | |
| 2 | Columbus | 216 | |
| 3 | Etna | 73 | |
| 4 | Pataskala | 8 | |
| 5 | Johnstown | 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 |
| Licking County | OH | 0.50 | FIPS 39089 |
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 — 1,420 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.