ZIP 46528 recorded 79 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 420 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Elkhart County, IN.
420 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 85 | |
| 2022 | 108 | |
| 2023 | 85 | |
| 2024 | 63 | |
| 2025 | 79 |
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 46528 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 68 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 63 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 35 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 28 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 27 | 6.4% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 46528 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 49 | 32.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 18 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Other | 10 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Processing/manufacturing area, workroom | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 45 | 29.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 88 | 57.9% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 3 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 25 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 46528 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 205% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 46528.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goshen | 420 |
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 — 420 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.