ZIP 27540 recorded 184 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,249 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Harnett County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,249 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 246 | |
| 2022 | 273 | |
| 2023 | 287 | |
| 2024 | 259 | |
| 2025 | 184 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27540 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 278 | 22.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 172 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 65 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 59 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 57 | 4.6% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27540 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 52 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 51 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 25 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 25 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 23 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 90 | 29.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 131 | 42.3% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 27 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 23 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 19 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 13 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 61 | 19.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27540 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 265% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $547,576 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $437,900 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $275,232 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $271,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $268,412 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27540.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holly Springs | 1,227 | |
| 2 | Apex | 2 |
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 — 1,249 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.