ZIP 28524 recorded 5 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 27 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Carteret County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
27 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Jul peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28524 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 12 | 44.4% | |
| 2 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 4 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 3 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 2 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 1 | 3.7% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28524 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 4 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 2 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Structural area, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 8.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 25.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 1 | 8.3% | |
| 7 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 1 | 8.3% |
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 — 27 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.