ZIP 27302 recorded 196 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,255 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Alamance County, NC.
1,255 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 285 | |
| 2022 | 344 | |
| 2023 | 182 | |
| 2024 | 248 | |
| 2025 | 196 |
Jun peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27302 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 163 | 13.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 156 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 131 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 84 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 79 | 6.3% |
For the 39 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27302 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 79 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 62 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 49 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 37 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 37 | 8.8% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 105 | 25.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 172 | 41.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 61 | 14.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 5.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 18 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 16 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 82 | 19.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27302 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 183% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $148,638 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $106,646 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $103,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27302.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mebane | 1,233 | |
| 2 | Graham | 3 | |
| 3 | Hillsborough | 3 | |
| 4 | Efland | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caswell County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37033 |
| Orange County | NC | 0.50 | FIPS 37135 |
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 — 1,255 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.