ZIP 27834 recorded 272 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,817 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Beaufort County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,817 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 379 | |
| 2022 | 396 | |
| 2023 | 392 | |
| 2024 | 378 | |
| 2025 | 272 |
Aug peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27834 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 394 | 21.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 292 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 169 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 128 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 122 | 6.7% |
For the 47 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27834 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 132 | 18.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 118 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 60 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 58 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 51 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 47 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 34 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 22 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 209 | 28.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 238 | 32.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 97 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 60 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 57 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 33 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 32 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 31 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 24 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 159 | 21.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27834 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 655% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $709,633 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27834.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenville | 1,786 | |
| 2 | Winterville | 15 | |
| 3 | Rocky Mount | 6 | |
| 4 | Farmville | 2 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pitt County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37147 |
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 — 1,817 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.