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ZIP profile (county fallback)

Fires in ZIP 53138

ZIP 53138 is served primarily by Racine County, WI — including Racine. ZIP-level data is sparse — showing the Racine County aggregate.

ZIP 53138 FIPS 55101 county fallback
Total incidents (2025)
1,298
6,431 across 5 years
Building fires
266
108 wildland
Wildfire risk
30
FEMA NRI · Low
Active fires
0
in Racine County
02 Seasonality (county-level)

When do fires happen in Racine County?

Nov peaks. Feb dips. ZIP-level seasonality is sparse — this is the county aggregate.

Jan 118
Feb 74
Mar 131
Apr 91
May 127
Jun 105
Jul 130
Aug 107
Sep 82
Oct 102
Nov 136
Dec 95
03 Top incident types

What kinds of calls lead in Racine County?

Top 5 NFIRS incident types — county-level breakdown.

#Incident typeCountShare 
1 Building fires 266 20.5%
2 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 174 13.4%
3 Cooking fire, confined to container 104 8.0%
4 Carbon monoxide incident 86 6.6%
5 Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 71 5.5%
09 Cities served

Cities mapped to ZIP 53138

17 cities sit in Racine County. Click for the per-city NFIRS profile.

#CityPopulation2025 incidentsBuilding firesGrade
1 Racine 77,453 608 80 B
2 Mount Pleasant 27,640 24 5 A+
3 Caledonia 25,277 44 13 A-
4 Burlington 11,000 150 54 C
5 Sturtevant 6,823 90 7 B+
6 Waterford 5,587 25 5 B
7 Wind Lake 5,094 31 11 A-
8 Tichigan 5,060 0 0 A+
9 Union Grove 4,916 57 21 B+
10 Raymond 3,916 4 3 A+
11 Rochester 3,776 30 7 A-
12 Yorkville 3,241 0 0 A
13 Bohners Lake 2,415 0 0 —
14 Browns Lake 1,831 0 0 —
15 Wind Point 1,688 0 0 —
16 Eagle Lake 954 0 0 —
17 Elmwood Park 533 0 0 —
11 Current conditions

Right now in 53138

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 Racine 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.