ZIP 28645 recorded 196 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,838 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Burke County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,838 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 364 | |
| 2022 | 571 | |
| 2023 | 512 | |
| 2024 | 195 | |
| 2025 | 196 |
Mar peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28645 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 367 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 156 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 148 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 126 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 97 | 5.3% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28645 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 85 | 14.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 69 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 61 | 10.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 60 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 51 | 8.7% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 26 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 24 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Other | 14 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 193 | 33.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 251 | 43.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 59 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 48 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 30 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 26 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 20 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 19 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 116 | 19.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28645 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 500% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $220,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $129,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,400 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28645.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lenoir | 1,742 | |
| 2 | Gamewell | 28 | |
| 3 | Granite Falls | 3 | |
| 4 | Mulberry | 3 | |
| 5 | Hudson | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell County | NC | 1.00 | FIPS 37027 |
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 — 1,838 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.