ZIP 28635 recorded 3 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 13 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wilkes County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
13 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28635 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 7 | 53.8% | |
| 2 | Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 3 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 1 | 7.7% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28635 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 1 | 100.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 100.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28635.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hays | 13 |
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 — 13 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.