ZIP 28150 recorded 68 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,340 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Cleveland County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
2,340 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 588 | |
| 2022 | 733 | |
| 2023 | 660 | |
| 2024 | 291 | |
| 2025 | 68 |
Nov peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28150 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 423 | 18.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 315 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 164 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Hazardous condition, other | 128 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 115 | 4.9% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28150 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 182 | 26.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 72 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 65 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 59 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 48 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 35 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 25 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 21 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 189 | 27.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 289 | 41.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 56 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 53 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 43 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 33 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 31 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 31 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 25 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 135 | 19.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28150 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 11740% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $375,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $174,000 | Fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $115,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28150.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shelby | 2,267 | |
| 2 | Kingstown | 8 | |
| 3 | Lawndale | 5 | |
| 4 | Cherryville | 3 | |
| 5 | Kings Mountain | 3 |
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 — 2,340 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.