ZIP 28607 recorded 184 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,108 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Watauga County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,108 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 225 | |
| 2022 | 246 | |
| 2023 | 257 | |
| 2024 | 196 | |
| 2025 | 184 |
Mar peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28607 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 128 | 11.6% | |
| 2 | Authorized controlled burning | 114 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 104 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 97 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 84 | 7.6% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28607 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 14.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 25 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 19 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 7.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 9 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 65 | 34.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 48 | 25.3% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 29 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 16 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 15 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 4.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 21.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28607 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 231% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $775,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $399,500 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28607.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boone | 1,104 | |
| 2 | Blowing Rock | 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 — 1,108 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.