ZIP 28465 recorded 38 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 292 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Brunswick County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
292 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 100 | |
| 2022 | 83 | |
| 2023 | 17 | |
| 2024 | 54 | |
| 2025 | 38 |
Jun peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28465 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 74 | 25.3% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 37 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 20 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 19 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 13 | 4.5% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28465 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 19 | 19.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Vacant structural area | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Other | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Storage area, other | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 36 | 37.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 27.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 8 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 7.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 7 | 7.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 19.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28465 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 4562% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $615,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $401,470 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $291,060 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $70,310 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28465.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Island | 282 | |
| 2 | Ocean Isle 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 — 292 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.