ZIP 46347 recorded 38 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 201 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Porter County, IN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
201 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 36 | |
| 2022 | 39 | |
| 2023 | 54 | |
| 2024 | 34 | |
| 2025 | 38 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 46347 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 51 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 30 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 26 | 12.9% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 14 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 13 | 6.5% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 46347 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 31 | 38.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 3 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Heating room or area, water heater area | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 18 | 22.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 27 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 13 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 17.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 46347 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $4,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 46347.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kouts | 200 | |
| 2 | Valparaiso | 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 — 201 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.