ZIP 45304 recorded 75 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 497 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Darke County, OH.
497 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 84 | |
| 2022 | 143 | |
| 2023 | 88 | |
| 2024 | 107 | |
| 2025 | 75 |
Oct peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 45304 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 149 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 62 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | 49 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 42 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 14 | 2.8% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 45304 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 43 | 30.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 25 | 17.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 30 | 21.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 44 | 31.2% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 13 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 11 | 7.8% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 18.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 45304 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 197% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $60,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $45,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 45304.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcanum | 363 | |
| 2 | Bradford | 2 | |
| 3 | Gettysburg | 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 — 497 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.