ZIP 28590 recorded 184 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 906 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pitt County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
906 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 201 | |
| 2022 | 252 | |
| 2023 | 134 | |
| 2024 | 135 | |
| 2025 | 184 |
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28590 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 329 | 36.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 115 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 66 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 47 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 39 | 4.3% |
For the 64 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28590 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 34 | 16.6% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 20 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 18 | 8.8% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 13 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 9 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 55 | 26.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 39.5% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 19 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 18 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 6 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 17.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28590 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 482% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Aircraft fire | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $335,717 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $85,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28590.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Winterville | 842 | |
| 2 | Greenville | 30 | |
| 3 | Ayden | 14 | |
| 4 | Grifton | 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 — 906 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.