ZIP 54703 recorded 246 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,331 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Eau Claire County, WI.
1,331 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 279 | |
| 2022 | 288 | |
| 2023 | 274 | |
| 2024 | 244 | |
| 2025 | 246 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 54703 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 216 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 186 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 175 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 153 | 11.5% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 81 | 6.1% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 54703 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 44 | 12.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 36 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 20 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 20 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 14 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 147 | 42.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 104 | 30.0% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 38 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 35 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 22 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 20 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 17 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 14 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 82 | 23.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 54703 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 203% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $699,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $258,800 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $224,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 54703.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eau Claire | 1,329 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chippewa County | WI | 0.50 | FIPS 55017 |
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 — 1,331 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.