ZIP 27801 recorded 130 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,262 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Nash County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,262 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 254 | |
| 2022 | 328 | |
| 2023 | 306 | |
| 2024 | 244 | |
| 2025 | 130 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27801 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 429 | 34.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 167 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 74 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 66 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 65 | 5.2% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27801 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 102 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 88 | 17.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 47 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 46 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 32 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 20 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 18 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 141 | 27.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 248 | 48.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 59 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 34 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 34 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 20 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 13 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 79 | 15.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27801 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 171% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Outside storage fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $105,639 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,528 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27801.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky Mount | 1,251 | |
| 2 | Dortches | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edgecombe County | NC | 0.50 | FIPS 37065 |
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 — 1,262 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.