ZIP 27889 recorded 0 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 251 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Beaufort County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
251 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 91 | |
| 2022 | 97 | |
| 2023 | 62 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 0 |
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27889 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 67 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 38 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 20 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 18 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 12 | 4.8% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27889 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 19 | 18.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 17.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 15.2% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 6.7% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 6.7% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 4 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 24 | 22.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 47.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 3 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 2 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 9 | 8.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27889 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $50,000 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $41,122 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27889.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | 244 | |
| 2 | River Road | 1 |
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 — 251 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.