ZIP 27127 recorded 165 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,003 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Davidson County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,003 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 73 | |
| 2022 | 260 | |
| 2023 | 231 | |
| 2024 | 274 | |
| 2025 | 165 |
Feb peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27127 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 132 | 13.2% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 113 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 83 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 82 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 62 | 6.2% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27127 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 73 | 19.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 51 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 41 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 27 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 22 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 14 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Undetermined | 14 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 105 | 28.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 38 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 33 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 31 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 30 | 8.1% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 6.2% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 5.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 92 | 24.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27127 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 279% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $286,900 | Grass fire | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $286,900 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $270,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $190,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27127.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexington | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forsyth County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37067 |
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 — 1,003 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.