ZIP 47172 recorded 80 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 427 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Clark County, IN.
427 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 71 | |
| 2022 | 96 | |
| 2023 | 92 | |
| 2024 | 88 | |
| 2025 | 80 |
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 47172 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 82 | 19.2% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 67 | 15.7% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 60 | 14.1% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 22 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 20 | 4.7% |
For the 31 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 47172 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 46 | 38.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 8 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 22 | 18.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 61 | 50.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 32 | 26.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 3 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 2 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 8.3% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 47172.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sellersburg | 427 |
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 — 427 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.