ZIP 28467 recorded 59 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 402 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Brunswick County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
402 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78 | |
| 2022 | 94 | |
| 2023 | 76 | |
| 2024 | 95 | |
| 2025 | 59 |
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28467 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 126 | 31.3% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 41 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 41 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 25 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 14 | 3.5% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28467 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 24 | 15.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 19 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 9.7% | |
| 5 | Other | 10 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Attic: vacant, crawl space above top story, cupola | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 44 | 28.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 80 | 51.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 10 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Match | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 12.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28467 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1383% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $102,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28467.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calabash | 368 | |
| 2 | Carolina Shores | 13 | |
| 3 | Little River | 2 |
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 — 402 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.