ZIP 28012 recorded 175 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,264 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Gaston County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,264 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 231 | |
| 2022 | 227 | |
| 2023 | 327 | |
| 2024 | 304 | |
| 2025 | 175 |
Mar peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28012 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 182 | 14.4% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 157 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 152 | 12.0% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 136 | 10.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 62 | 4.9% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28012 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 69 | 23.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 17 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 17 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 10 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 92 | 31.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 115 | 39.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 20 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 17 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 15 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 12 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 64 | 21.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28012 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 535% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $155,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $85,400 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $33,600 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28012.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belmont | 1,121 | |
| 2 | Mount Holly | 10 | |
| 3 | Cramerton | 3 | |
| 4 | Charlotte | 1 | |
| 5 | Gastonia | 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 — 1,264 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.