ZIP 44121 recorded 309 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,777 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cuyahoga County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,777 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 277 | |
| 2022 | 354 | |
| 2023 | 390 | |
| 2024 | 447 | |
| 2025 | 309 |
Aug peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 44121 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 530 | 29.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 337 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 192 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 153 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 91 | 5.1% |
For the 55 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 44121 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 62 | 27.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 37 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 19 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 7 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 61 | 26.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 70 | 30.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 29 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 15 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 14 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 10 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 45 | 19.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 44121 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 200% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 44121.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Euclid | 1,319 | |
| 2 | Cleveland Heights | 215 | |
| 3 | Cleveland | 60 | |
| 4 | University Heights | 9 | |
| 5 | Lyndhurst | 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 — 1,777 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.