ZIP 27703 recorded 240 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,067 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Durham County, NC.
2,067 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 414 | |
| 2022 | 292 | |
| 2023 | 547 | |
| 2024 | 574 | |
| 2025 | 240 |
Apr peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27703 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 288 | 13.9% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 236 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 171 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 171 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 128 | 6.2% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27703 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 93 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 85 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 69 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 49 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 37 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 33 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Other | 20 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 157 | 27.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 330 | 58.4% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 31 | 5.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 26 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 21 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 11 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 80 | 14.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27703 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 216% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $380,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $280,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27703.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durham | 2,035 | |
| 2 | Raleigh | 7 | |
| 3 | Morrisville | 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 — 2,067 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.