ZIP 46368 recorded 235 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,062 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Porter County, IN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,062 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 250 | |
| 2022 | 236 | |
| 2023 | 215 | |
| 2024 | 126 | |
| 2025 | 235 |
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 46368 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 182 | 17.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 162 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 103 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 79 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 65 | 6.1% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 46368 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 70 | 27.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 45 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 25 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Other | 11 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 67 | 26.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 159 | 62.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 6.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 11 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 11.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 46368 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 263% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 46368.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portage | 878 | |
| 2 | Ogden Dunes | 33 | |
| 3 | Portage | 1 | |
| 4 | 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 — 1,062 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.