ZIP 28570 recorded 274 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,186 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Carteret County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,186 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 245 | |
| 2022 | 206 | |
| 2023 | 205 | |
| 2024 | 256 | |
| 2025 | 274 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28570 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 303 | 25.5% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 75 | 6.3% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 73 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 72 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 69 | 5.8% |
For the 64 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28570 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 170 | 32.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 64 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 54 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 36 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 31 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 22 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 112 | 21.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 243 | 46.7% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 47 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 36 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 23 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 19 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Match | 19 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 95 | 18.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28570 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 377% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $413,400 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $325,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $293,302 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $185,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $153,593 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $88,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28570.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newport | 759 | |
| 2 | Bogue | 31 | |
| 3 | Broad Creek | 23 | |
| 4 | Cape Carteret | 2 | |
| 5 | Cedar Point | 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 — 1,186 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.