ZIP 28445 recorded 100 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 978 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Onslow County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
978 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 240 | |
| 2022 | 198 | |
| 2023 | 254 | |
| 2024 | 186 | |
| 2025 | 100 |
Jun peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28445 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 244 | 24.9% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 130 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 72 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 62 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Aircraft standby | 57 | 5.8% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28445 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 36 | 17.1% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 30 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 24 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 9.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 9.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 18 | 8.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 46 | 21.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 92 | 43.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 13 | 6.2% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 12 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 47 | 22.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28445 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 91287% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $135,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $80,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $55,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $36,724 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $36,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28445.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holly Ridge | 456 | |
| 2 | Surf City | 345 | |
| 3 | North Topsail Beach | 80 | |
| 4 | Sneads Ferry | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pender County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37141 |
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 — 978 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.