ZIP 44035 recorded 558 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,381 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lorain County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
3,381 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 669 | |
| 2022 | 699 | |
| 2023 | 634 | |
| 2024 | 821 | |
| 2025 | 558 |
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 44035 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 597 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 513 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 463 | 13.7% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 227 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 206 | 6.1% |
For the 71 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 44035 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 152 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 128 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 99 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 69 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 68 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 34 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 27 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 265 | 30.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 415 | 48.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 72 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 43 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 41 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 39 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 33 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 30 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Match | 22 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 169 | 19.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 44035 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 215% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $320,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $140,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $123,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 44035.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elyria | 3,108 | |
| 2 | Sheffield | 21 | |
| 3 | North Ridgeville | 4 | |
| 4 | Amherst | 2 | |
| 5 | Lorain | 2 |
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 — 3,381 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.