ZIP 45895 recorded 114 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 753 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Auglaize County, OH.
753 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 131 | |
| 2022 | 188 | |
| 2023 | 172 | |
| 2024 | 148 | |
| 2025 | 114 |
Nov peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 45895 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 161 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 77 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 75 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 62 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 38 | 5.0% |
For the 28 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 45895 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 84 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 33 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 12 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 73 | 26.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 136 | 49.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 34 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 14 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 9 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 7 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 45 | 16.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 45895 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 380% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $245,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $95,000 | Cultivated grain or crop fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 45895.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wapakoneta | 701 | |
| 2 | Botkins | 1 | |
| 3 | New Knoxville | 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 — 753 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.