ZIP 48071 recorded 247 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,260 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Oakland County, MI. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,260 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 260 | |
| 2022 | 236 | |
| 2023 | 277 | |
| 2024 | 240 | |
| 2025 | 247 |
Aug peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 48071 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 394 | 31.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 121 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 120 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 111 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 82 | 6.5% |
For the 23 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 48071 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 55 | 16.4% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 53 | 15.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 34 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 21 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 21 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 19 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 107 | 31.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 199 | 59.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 6.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 16 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 10.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 48071 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 254% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $165,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 48071.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Heights | 1,256 | |
| 2 | Royal Oak | 3 | |
| 3 | Detroit | 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 — 1,260 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.