ZIP 27513 recorded 109 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 852 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wake County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
852 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 165 | |
| 2022 | 192 | |
| 2023 | 205 | |
| 2024 | 181 | |
| 2025 | 109 |
Jul peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27513 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 183 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 108 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 56 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 42 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 39 | 4.6% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27513 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 41 | 17.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 19 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 17 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 16 | 6.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 12 | 5.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 68 | 28.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 88 | 37.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 42 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 19 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Fireworks | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 7 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 38 | 16.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27513 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 426% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $296,202 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $114,473 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27513.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cary | 812 | |
| 2 | Morrisville | 16 | |
| 3 | Raleigh | 10 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chatham County | NC | 0.50 | FIPS 37037 |
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 — 852 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.