ZIP 27712 recorded 86 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 630 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Durham County, NC.
630 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 158 | |
| 2022 | 123 | |
| 2023 | 131 | |
| 2024 | 132 | |
| 2025 | 86 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27712 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 70 | 11.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 60 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 55 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 52 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 50 | 7.9% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27712 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 44 | 31.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 17 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 11 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 10 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 25 | 18.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 58.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 12 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 7 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 7.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27712 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 322% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $179,083 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $75,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27712.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Durham | 622 |
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 — 630 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.