ZIP 27526 recorded 276 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,578 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Harnett County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,578 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 403 | |
| 2022 | 290 | |
| 2023 | 319 | |
| 2024 | 290 | |
| 2025 | 276 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27526 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 319 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 242 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 115 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 90 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 84 | 5.3% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27526 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 67 | 17.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 45 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 44 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 43 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 42 | 11.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 16 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 11 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 96 | 25.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 151 | 40.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 33 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 26 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 25 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 17 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 12 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 10 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 82 | 21.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27526 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 423% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $650,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $185,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27526.
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake County | NC | 1.00 | 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 — 1,578 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.