ZIP 46545 recorded 163 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 938 across 2021–2025. Primary county: St. Joseph County, IN.
938 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 200 | |
| 2022 | 185 | |
| 2023 | 204 | |
| 2024 | 186 | |
| 2025 | 163 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 46545 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 202 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 162 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 123 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 93 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 50 | 5.3% |
For the 23 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 46545 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 74 | 22.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 38 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 28 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Other | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 103 | 31.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 169 | 51.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 29 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 20 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 11 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 10 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 53 | 16.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 46545 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $25,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $15,000 | Fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $8,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Outside storage fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 46545.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mishawaka | 932 | |
| 2 | South Bend | 3 | |
| 3 | Notre Dame | 2 | |
| 4 | Elkhart | 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 — 938 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.