ZIP 27051 recorded 101 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 513 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Forsyth County, NC.
513 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 125 | |
| 2022 | 110 | |
| 2023 | 76 | |
| 2024 | 101 | |
| 2025 | 101 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27051 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 159 | 31.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 51 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 36 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 35 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 24 | 4.7% |
For the 23 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27051 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 30 | 26.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 13 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 12 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 8 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 27 | 23.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 28 | 24.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 8 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 4 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 32.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27051 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 541% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $375,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $172,100 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $77,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $42,400 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27051.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walkertown | 506 | |
| 2 | Mocksville | 1 | |
| 3 | Walnut Cove | 1 |
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 — 513 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.