ZIP 54538 recorded 95 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 202 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Vilas County, WI.
202 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 38 | |
| 2024 | 47 | |
| 2025 | 95 |
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 54538 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 61 | 30.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 49 | 24.3% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 30 | 14.9% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 21 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 7 | 3.5% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 54538 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Equipment or service area, other | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 11 | 42.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 6 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 6 | 23.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 2 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 4 | 15.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 54538 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 286% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $390,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $211,500 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $65,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 54538.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lac du Flambeau | 197 |
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 — 202 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.