ZIP 27587 recorded 226 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,813 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wake County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,813 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 291 | |
| 2022 | 392 | |
| 2023 | 412 | |
| 2024 | 492 | |
| 2025 | 226 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27587 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 385 | 21.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 200 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 115 | 6.3% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 109 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 108 | 6.0% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27587 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 140 | 27.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 63 | 12.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 46 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 38 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 28 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 27 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 21 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 123 | 24.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 239 | 47.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 33 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 30 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 27 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 23 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 13 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 108 | 21.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27587 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 303% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $603,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $355,820 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27587.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wake Forest | 1,756 | |
| 2 | Rolesville | 23 | |
| 3 | Raleigh | 4 | |
| 4 | Creedmoor | 2 | |
| 5 | Durham | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin County | NC | 0.50 | FIPS 37069 |
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 — 1,813 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.