ZIP 28540 recorded 502 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,341 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Onslow County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
2,341 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 489 | |
| 2022 | 498 | |
| 2023 | 389 | |
| 2024 | 463 | |
| 2025 | 502 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28540 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 524 | 22.4% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 198 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 166 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 157 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 143 | 6.1% |
For the 106 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28540 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 116 | 18.3% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 90 | 14.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 73 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 55 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 49 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 33 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 12 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 177 | 27.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 254 | 40.1% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 62 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 54 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 36 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 36 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 29 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 27 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 16 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 120 | 18.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28540 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 123% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $275,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $265,585 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $198,465 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $165,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28540.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacksonville | 2,180 | |
| 2 | Half Moon | 35 | |
| 3 | Pumpkin Center | 9 | |
| 4 | Richlands | 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 — 2,341 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.