ZIP 43512 recorded 312 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,856 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Defiance County, OH.
1,856 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 364 | |
| 2022 | 448 | |
| 2023 | 367 | |
| 2024 | 365 | |
| 2025 | 312 |
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 43512 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 581 | 31.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 89 | 4.8% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 85 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 81 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 77 | 4.1% |
For the 100 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 43512 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 120 | 20.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 89 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 85 | 14.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 61 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Other | 23 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 12 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 160 | 27.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 270 | 46.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 34 | 5.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 33 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 32 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Match | 28 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 26 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 21 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 113 | 19.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 43512 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 137% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $185,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 43512.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Defiance | 1,688 | |
| 2 | Independence | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paulding County | OH | 1.00 | FIPS 39125 |
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 — 1,856 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.