ZIP 28078 recorded 210 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,147 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Mecklenburg County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,147 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 303 | |
| 2022 | 328 | |
| 2023 | 39 | |
| 2024 | 267 | |
| 2025 | 210 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28078 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 303 | 26.4% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 72 | 6.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 58 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 57 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 55 | 4.8% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28078 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 94 | 27.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 38 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 37 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Other | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 80 | 23.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 160 | 47.5% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 21 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 18 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 17 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 62 | 18.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28078 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 411% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $232,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $111,100 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28078.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntersville | 1,117 | |
| 2 | Charlotte | 12 | |
| 3 | Cornelius | 5 | |
| 4 | Concord | 2 | |
| 5 | Davidson | 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 — 1,147 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.