ZIP 44024 recorded 279 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,953 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Geauga County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,953 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 339 | |
| 2022 | 431 | |
| 2023 | 429 | |
| 2024 | 475 | |
| 2025 | 279 |
Mar peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 44024 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 559 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 406 | 20.8% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 196 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 116 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | 85 | 4.4% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 44024 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 51 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 33 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 27 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 22 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 8 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 83 | 29.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 85 | 29.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 31 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Match | 16 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 15 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 14 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 12 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 69 | 24.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 44024 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1256% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $430,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $277,228 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 44024.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chardon | 561 | |
| 2 | Burton | 11 | |
| 3 | Hiram | 2 | |
| 4 | Lyndhurst | 1 | |
| 5 | Middlefield | 1 |
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 — 1,953 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.