ZIP 27045 recorded 66 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 409 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Forsyth County, NC.
409 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 82 | |
| 2022 | 114 | |
| 2023 | 77 | |
| 2024 | 70 | |
| 2025 | 66 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27045 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 87 | 21.3% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 50 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 37 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 24 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 23 | 5.6% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27045 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 17.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 17 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 12 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 8.5% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 24 | 22.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 37 | 34.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 9 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 17.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27045 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 191% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $174,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $35,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27045.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rural Hall | 393 | |
| 2 | King | 2 | |
| 3 | Tobaccoville | 2 | |
| 4 | Germanton | 1 |
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 — 409 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.