ZIP 28785 recorded 94 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 478 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Haywood County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
478 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 78 | |
| 2022 | 101 | |
| 2023 | 97 | |
| 2024 | 108 | |
| 2025 | 94 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28785 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 97 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Authorized controlled burning | 48 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 35 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 30 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 26 | 5.4% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28785 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 36 | 25.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 21 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 18 | 12.5% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Other | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 33 | 22.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 70 | 48.6% | |
| 2 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 9 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 8 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 7 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 24 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28785 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 176% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $340,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $158,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $143,600 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $79,800 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $12,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28785.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waynesville | 446 | |
| 2 | Clyde | 9 | |
| 3 | Lake Junaluska | 2 | |
| 4 | Canton | 1 | |
| 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 — 478 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.