ZIP 28546 recorded 179 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,012 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Onslow County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,012 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 175 | |
| 2022 | 178 | |
| 2023 | 199 | |
| 2024 | 281 | |
| 2025 | 179 |
Jan peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28546 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 224 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 94 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 62 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 60 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 54 | 5.3% |
For the 38 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28546 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 49 | 13.7% | |
| 2 | Wildland, woods | 41 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 39 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 33 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 30 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 7.8% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 26 | 7.3% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 16 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 95 | 26.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 129 | 36.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 44 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 30 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 26 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 20 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 14 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 67 | 18.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28546 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 266% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $194,744 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $140,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $116,594 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $110,513 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $85,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $70,644 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28546.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacksonville | 1,000 | |
| 2 | Richlands | 2 | |
| 3 | Piney Green | 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 — 1,012 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.