ZIP 28512 recorded 82 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 450 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Carteret County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
450 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 85 | |
| 2022 | 87 | |
| 2023 | 93 | |
| 2024 | 103 | |
| 2025 | 82 |
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28512 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 99 | 22.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 78 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 49 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 46 | 10.2% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 28 | 6.2% |
For the 32 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28512 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 18 | 21.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 9.4% | |
| 3 | Other | 7 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 3 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 33 | 38.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 31 | 36.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 13 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 7 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 4 | 4.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 11.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28512 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 105% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $45,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $15,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $5,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $2,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $2,000 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28512.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantic Beach | 347 | |
| 2 | Pine Knoll Shores | 82 | |
| 3 | Beaufort | 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 — 450 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.