ZIP 44824 recorded 24 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 154 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Erie County, OH.
154 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 24 | |
| 2022 | 41 | |
| 2023 | 31 | |
| 2024 | 34 | |
| 2025 | 24 |
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 44824 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 33 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 20 | 13.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 13 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 9 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 8 | 5.2% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 44824 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 6 | 17.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 3 | 8.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 8 | Storage: supplies or tools; dead storage | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 7 | 20.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 20.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Lightning | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 1 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 2 | 5.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 44824 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 7222% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $45,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $35,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $20,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 44824.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Castalia | 104 |
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 — 154 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.