ZIP 43082 recorded 126 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 595 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Franklin County, OH.
595 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 114 | |
| 2022 | 100 | |
| 2023 | 124 | |
| 2024 | 131 | |
| 2025 | 126 |
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 43082 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 127 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 103 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 50 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 45 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 27 | 4.5% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 43082 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 9 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 9 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 40 | 29.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 49 | 35.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 18 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 9 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Molten, hot material | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 29 | 21.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 43082 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 213% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $383,800 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $165,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $99,999 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 43082.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Westerville | 373 | |
| 2 | Columbus | 23 | |
| 3 | Galena | 4 | |
| 4 | Delaware | 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 |
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 — 595 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.