ZIP 46401 recorded 4 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 42 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lake County, IN. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
42 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
May peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 46401 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 15 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 8 | 19.0% | |
| 3 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 5 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Fire, other | 4 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Gasoline or other flammable liquid spill | 2 | 4.8% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 46401 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 50.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 1 | 50.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 46401.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gary | 42 |
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 — 42 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.