ZIP 28450 recorded 0 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 15 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Columbus County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
15 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 0 |
Jul peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28450 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 9 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 3 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 1 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 1 | 6.7% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28450 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 100.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 100.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28450.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake Waccamaw | 9 | |
| 2 | North Topsail Beach | 2 | |
| 3 | Jacksonville | 1 | |
| 4 | Wilmington | 1 | |
| 5 | Wrightsville Beach | 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 — 15 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.