ZIP 44052 recorded 303 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,017 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lorain County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
2,017 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 418 | |
| 2022 | 429 | |
| 2023 | 441 | |
| 2024 | 426 | |
| 2025 | 303 |
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 44052 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 358 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 249 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 178 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 167 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 147 | 7.3% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 44052 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 158 | 27.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 86 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 65 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 44 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 23 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 19 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 133 | 23.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 335 | 58.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 6.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 34 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 25 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 20 | 3.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 13 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 82 | 14.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 44052 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 240% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $146,800 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $97,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $68,090 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $55,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $54,690 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 44052.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lorain | 1,981 | |
| 2 | Elyria | 1 | |
| 3 | Strongsville | 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 — 2,017 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.