ZIP 27101 recorded 189 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 981 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Forsyth County, NC.
981 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 15 | |
| 2022 | 234 | |
| 2023 | 266 | |
| 2024 | 277 | |
| 2025 | 189 |
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27101 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 104 | 10.6% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 95 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 82 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 72 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 70 | 7.1% |
For the 20 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27101 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 79 | 17.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 63 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 54 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 53 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 32 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 28 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 20 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 18 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 118 | 25.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 91 | 19.6% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 72 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 59 | 12.7% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 40 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 39 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 35 | 7.5% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 17 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 83 | 17.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27101 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 317% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $231,898 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $85,200 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27101.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walkertown | 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 — 981 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.