ZIP 45044 recorded 266 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,287 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Butler County, OH. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
2,287 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 489 | |
| 2022 | 532 | |
| 2023 | 502 | |
| 2024 | 498 | |
| 2025 | 266 |
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 45044 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 386 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 367 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 211 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 198 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 132 | 5.8% |
For the 43 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 45044 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 76 | 13.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 65 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 61 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 55 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 47 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 27 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 20 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 17 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 213 | 36.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 235 | 40.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 71 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 44 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 30 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 25 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 21 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 19 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 113 | 19.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 45044 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1010% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $255,750 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $140,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 45044.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middletown | 1,480 | |
| 2 | Monroe | 40 | |
| 3 | Mason | 3 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren County | OH | 0.50 | FIPS 39165 |
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 — 2,287 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.