ZIP 28120 recorded 165 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,277 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Gaston County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,277 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 281 | |
| 2022 | 326 | |
| 2023 | 324 | |
| 2024 | 181 | |
| 2025 | 165 |
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28120 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 200 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 171 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 117 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 102 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 75 | 5.9% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28120 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 70 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 23 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 13 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 72 | 27.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 95 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 18 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 17 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 10 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 59 | 22.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28120 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 452% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $238,770 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $199,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $132,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28120.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mount Holly | 927 | |
| 2 | Stanley | 5 | |
| 3 | Belmont | 3 | |
| 4 | Lowell | 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 — 1,277 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.