ZIP 28080 recorded 25 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 313 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lincoln County, NC.
313 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 87 | |
| 2022 | 80 | |
| 2023 | 77 | |
| 2024 | 44 | |
| 2025 | 25 |
Nov peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28080 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 67 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 31 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 27 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 21 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 12 | 3.8% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28080 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 27 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 17 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 16 | 14.7% | |
| 4 | Other | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 6 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 27 | 24.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 49 | 45.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 12.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28080 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 312% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $19,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $5,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $5,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $3,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $2,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28080.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iron Station | 59 | |
| 2 | Alexis | 2 | |
| 3 | Lincolnton | 2 | |
| 4 | Maiden | 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 — 313 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.