ZIP 28501 recorded 50 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 579 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jones County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
579 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 177 | |
| 2022 | 181 | |
| 2023 | 103 | |
| 2024 | 68 | |
| 2025 | 50 |
Nov peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28501 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 127 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 104 | 18.0% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 52 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 46 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 22 | 3.8% |
For the 6 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28501 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 88 | 36.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 39 | 16.3% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 13.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 4.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 43 | 18.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 178 | 74.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 7 | 2.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 5 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 17 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28501 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $85,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 3 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $15,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $6,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28501.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinston | 576 | |
| 2 | Snow Hill | 1 | |
| 3 | Wilmington | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lenoir County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37107 |
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 — 579 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.