ZIP 48706 recorded 321 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,750 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bay County, MI.
1,750 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 420 | |
| 2022 | 407 | |
| 2023 | 292 | |
| 2024 | 310 | |
| 2025 | 321 |
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 48706 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 345 | 19.7% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 337 | 19.3% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 182 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 136 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 96 | 5.5% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 48706 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 66 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 42 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 42 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 39 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Other | 26 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 26 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 20 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 13 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 147 | 34.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 170 | 40.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 34 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 28 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 22 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 91 | 21.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 48706 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 198% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $142,100 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $138,400 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 48706.
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 — 1,750 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.