ZIP 45701 recorded 305 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,873 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Athens County, OH.
1,873 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 352 | |
| 2022 | 384 | |
| 2023 | 481 | |
| 2024 | 351 | |
| 2025 | 305 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 45701 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 317 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 290 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 246 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 170 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 90 | 4.8% |
For the 72 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 45701 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 281 | 46.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 57 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 35 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 31 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 20 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 13 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 125 | 20.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 225 | 36.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 176 | 28.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 44 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 37 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 36 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 17 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 14 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 52 | 8.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 45701 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 752% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $550,210 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 45701.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Athens | 1,855 | |
| 2 | The Plains | 2 | |
| 3 | Albany | 1 | |
| 4 | Bremen | 1 | |
| 5 | Nelsonville | 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 — 1,873 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.