ZIP 44054 recorded 125 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 716 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lorain County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
716 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 131 | |
| 2022 | 149 | |
| 2023 | 124 | |
| 2024 | 187 | |
| 2025 | 125 |
Aug peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 44054 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 137 | 19.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 123 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 86 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 60 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 40 | 5.6% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 44054 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 26 | 23.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 9 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 26 | 23.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 44 | 39.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 13 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 11 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Match | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 16.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 44054 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 149% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $189,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $35,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 44054.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheffield Lake | 477 | |
| 2 | Sheffield | 69 | |
| 3 | Madison | 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 — 716 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.