ZIP 28170 recorded 110 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 620 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Anson County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
620 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 111 | |
| 2022 | 146 | |
| 2023 | 147 | |
| 2024 | 106 | |
| 2025 | 110 |
May peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28170 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 112 | 18.1% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 66 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 53 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 37 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 34 | 5.5% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28170 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 86 | 21.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 61 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 41 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 40 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 29 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 22 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 18 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 13 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 98 | 24.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 219 | 53.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 30 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 30 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 22 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 60 | 14.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28170 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 634% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28170.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadesboro | 597 | |
| 2 | Polkton | 9 | |
| 3 | Lilesville | 4 |
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 — 620 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.