ZIP 28001 recorded 273 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,118 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Stanly County, NC.
1,118 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 89 | |
| 2022 | 249 | |
| 2023 | 256 | |
| 2024 | 251 | |
| 2025 | 273 |
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28001 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 199 | 17.8% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 105 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 95 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 85 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 73 | 6.5% |
For the 54 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28001 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 112 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 100 | 18.5% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 55 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 41 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 38 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 31 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 28 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 12 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 123 | 22.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 230 | 42.6% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 101 | 18.7% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 38 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 28 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 17 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 79 | 14.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28001 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 207% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $186,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $114,050 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28001.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albemarle | 1,106 | |
| 2 | Badin | 2 | |
| 3 | New London | 2 | |
| 4 | Norwood | 1 | |
| 5 | Oakboro | 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 — 1,118 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.