ZIP 28716 recorded 199 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,236 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Haywood County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,236 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 305 | |
| 2022 | 254 | |
| 2023 | 262 | |
| 2024 | 216 | |
| 2025 | 199 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28716 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 350 | 28.3% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 113 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 69 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 65 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 64 | 5.2% |
For the 54 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28716 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 78 | 22.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 72 | 20.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Other | 16 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 14 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 89 | 25.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 182 | 51.7% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 24 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 21 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 18 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 16 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Match | 10 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 55 | 15.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28716 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 136% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $280,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $140,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28716.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canton | 1,137 | |
| 2 | Clyde | 30 | |
| 3 | Waynesville | 13 | |
| 4 | West Canton | 2 | |
| 5 | Maggie Valley | 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 — 1,236 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.