ZIP 28086 recorded 287 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,853 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cleveland County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,853 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 242 | |
| 2022 | 413 | |
| 2023 | 473 | |
| 2024 | 438 | |
| 2025 | 287 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28086 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 318 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 299 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 175 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 101 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 89 | 4.8% |
For the 36 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28086 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 144 | 23.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 63 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 59 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 50 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 41 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 40 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 33 | 5.5% | |
| 8 | Other | 23 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 151 | 25.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 293 | 48.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 42 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 37 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 31 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 27 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 25 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 23 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 99 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28086 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 291% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $136,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28086.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings Mountain | 1,771 | |
| 2 | Shelby | 38 | |
| 3 | Grover | 13 | |
| 4 | Cherryville | 1 | |
| 5 | Gaffney | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaston County | NC | 0.50 | FIPS 37071 |
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 — 1,853 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.