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Fires in ZIP 49947

ZIP 49947 is served primarily by Gogebic County, MI — including Ironwood. ZIP-level data is sparse — showing the Gogebic County aggregate.

ZIP 49947 FIPS 26053 county fallback 2 counties
Total incidents (2025)
42
248 across 5 years
Building fires
5
10 wildland
Wildfire risk
14
FEMA NRI · Very Low
Active fires
0
in Gogebic County
02 Seasonality (county-level)

When do fires happen in Gogebic County?

May peaks. Dec dips. ZIP-level seasonality is sparse — this is the county aggregate.

Jan 2
Feb 3
Mar 2
Apr 2
May 11
Jun 4
Jul 2
Aug 5
Sep 4
Oct 3
Nov 3
Dec 1
03 Top incident types

What kinds of calls lead in Gogebic County?

Top 5 NFIRS incident types — county-level breakdown.

#Incident typeCountShare 
1 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 6 14.3%
2 Power line down 6 14.3%
3 Building fires 5 11.9%
4 Forest, woods or wildland fire 4 9.5%
5 Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 4 9.5%
09 Cities served

Cities mapped to ZIP 49947

3 cities sit in Gogebic County. Click for the per-city NFIRS profile.

#CityPopulation2025 incidentsBuilding firesGrade
1 Ironwood 5,088 21 4 B+
2 Bessemer 1,708 4 0 A
3 Wakefield 1,554 9 1 A-
10 Also served by

ZIP 49947 crosses 2 counties

Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.

CountyStateWeight 
Ontonagon County MI 1.00 FIPS 26131
11 Current conditions

Right now in 49947

The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.

About ZIP-level data

This ZIP doesn't have enough NFIRS coverage on its own (under 10 reported incidents across 2021–2025) to publish ZIP-level statistics, so we're showing the Gogebic County aggregate above. NFIRS reporting is voluntary and many rural ZIPs roll up to broader county totals. The ZIP-to-county mapping uses SimpleMaps' uscities.zips dataset.