ZIP 28610 recorded 54 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 537 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Catawba County, NC.
537 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 112 | |
| 2022 | 158 | |
| 2023 | 145 | |
| 2024 | 68 | |
| 2025 | 54 |
Dec peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28610 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 138 | 25.7% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 53 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 35 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 33 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 29 | 5.4% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28610 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 35 | 26.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 27 | 20.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Other | 7 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 24 | 18.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 65 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 15 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Match | 5 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 21 | 16.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28610 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $143,900 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $117,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $110,800 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $85,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $72,200 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $65,900 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $33,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28610.
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 — 537 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.