ZIP 46530 recorded 156 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 653 across 2021–2025. Primary county: St. Joseph County, IN.
653 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 142 | |
| 2022 | 117 | |
| 2023 | 99 | |
| 2024 | 139 | |
| 2025 | 156 |
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 46530 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 118 | 18.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 111 | 17.0% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 74 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 70 | 10.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 45 | 6.9% |
For the 23 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 46530 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 13.5% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 16 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 12 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 53 | 34.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 61 | 39.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 22.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 46530 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1077% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,910,328 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $335,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $290,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 46530.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Granger | 569 | |
| 2 | Mishawaka | 78 | |
| 3 | Elkhart | 2 | |
| 4 | South Bend | 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 — 653 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.