ZIP 27040 recorded 69 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 434 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Forsyth County, NC.
434 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 87 | |
| 2022 | 112 | |
| 2023 | 79 | |
| 2024 | 87 | |
| 2025 | 69 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27040 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 66 | 15.2% | |
| 2 | Authorized controlled burning | 50 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 48 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Hazardous condition, other | 35 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 33 | 7.6% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27040 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 30 | 28.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 9 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 7 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Exterior, exposed surface | 7 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 21 | 19.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 15.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Backfire from internal combustion engine | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 32 | 30.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27040 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 537% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $230,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $143,800 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $140,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $111,500 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $55,000 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27040.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lewisville | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stokes County | NC | 0.50 | FIPS 37169 |
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 — 434 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.