ZIP 27959 recorded 91 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 444 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dare County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
444 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 90 | |
| 2022 | 88 | |
| 2023 | 79 | |
| 2024 | 96 | |
| 2025 | 91 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 27959 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 72 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 52 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 48 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 38 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 33 | 7.4% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 27959 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 27 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 20 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 17 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 13 | 8.6% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 9 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 38 | 25.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 49 | 32.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 16 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 12 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Chemical reaction | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 32 | 21.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 27959 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 404% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $275,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 27959.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nags Head | 441 |
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 — 444 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.