ZIP 27520 recorded 229 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,898 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Johnston County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,898 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 390 | |
| 2022 | 540 | |
| 2023 | 383 | |
| 2024 | 356 | |
| 2025 | 229 |
Jun peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27520 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 406 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 162 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 141 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 131 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 92 | 4.8% |
For the 48 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27520 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 155 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 121 | 19.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 62 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 56 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 44 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 20 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Other | 18 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 120 | 19.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 325 | 52.5% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 42 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 41 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 34 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 23 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 21 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 98 | 15.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27520 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 233% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $230,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $214,416 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $212,945 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $198,700 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27520.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clayton | 1,772 | |
| 2 | Garner | 42 | |
| 3 | Archer Lodge | 16 | |
| 4 | Wendell | 6 | |
| 5 | Smithfield | 3 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake County | NC | 0.50 | FIPS 37183 |
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 — 1,898 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.