ZIP 27809 recorded 31 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 249 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Edgecombe County, NC.
249 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 63 | |
| 2022 | 52 | |
| 2023 | 53 | |
| 2024 | 50 | |
| 2025 | 31 |
Jun peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27809 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 34 | 13.7% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 29 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 29 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 23 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 22 | 8.8% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27809 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 18 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Other | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 20 | 16.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 88 | 71.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 5.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 4.9% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 3 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 2 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 7 | 5.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27809 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 135% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $386,530 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $71,771 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $33,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $12,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Outside storage fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $5,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27809.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky Mount | 15 | |
| 2 | Wilson | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nash County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37127 |
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 — 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.