ZIP 27514 recorded 134 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,256 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Orange County, NC.
1,256 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 271 | |
| 2022 | 290 | |
| 2023 | 273 | |
| 2024 | 288 | |
| 2025 | 134 |
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27514 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 237 | 18.9% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 132 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 128 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 90 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 90 | 7.2% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27514 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 40 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 12.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 27 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 25 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 7.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 73 | 28.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 126 | 49.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 41 | 16.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27514 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 3929% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $150,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $120,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27514.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapel Hill | 1,189 | |
| 2 | Carrboro | 4 | |
| 3 | Durham | 4 | |
| 4 | Hillsborough | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Durham County | NC | 0.50 | FIPS 37063 |
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 — 1,256 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.