ZIP 46816 recorded 135 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 692 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Allen County, IN.
692 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 134 | |
| 2022 | 145 | |
| 2023 | 146 | |
| 2024 | 132 | |
| 2025 | 135 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 46816 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 71 | 10.3% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 68 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 60 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 56 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 46 | 6.6% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 46816 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 13.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 22 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 21 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 79 | 35.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 63 | 28.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 23 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 20 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 19 | 8.6% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 7 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 42 | 18.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 46816 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 159% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $35,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $5,000 | Fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 46816.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fort Wayne | 678 |
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 — 692 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.