ZIP 28574 recorded 192 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,062 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Duplin County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,062 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 208 | |
| 2022 | 262 | |
| 2023 | 181 | |
| 2024 | 219 | |
| 2025 | 192 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28574 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 263 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 111 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 100 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 78 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 73 | 6.9% |
For the 41 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28574 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 72 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 70 | 21.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 34 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 24 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 75 | 22.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 134 | 40.2% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 30 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 18 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Flying brand, ember, spark | 17 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 16 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 14 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 74 | 22.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28574 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2410% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $340,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $232,130 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $175,404 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $143,358 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $84,133 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28574.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richlands | 951 | |
| 2 | Jacksonville | 5 | |
| 3 | Pink Hill | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37103 |
| Onslow County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37133 |
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 — 1,062 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.