ZIP 28786 recorded 205 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,355 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Haywood County, NC. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,355 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 261 | |
| 2022 | 305 | |
| 2023 | 333 | |
| 2024 | 251 | |
| 2025 | 205 |
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 28786 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 251 | 18.5% | |
| 2 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 198 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 94 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 91 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 75 | 5.5% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 28786 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 43 | 13.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 42 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 35 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 35 | 11.3% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 26 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 7.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 86 | 27.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 163 | 52.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 27 | 8.7% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 14 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 12 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Match | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 11.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 28786 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 114% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $186,100 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $89,175 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 28786.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waynesville | 1,313 | |
| 2 | Clyde | 4 | |
| 3 | Lake Junaluska | 4 | |
| 4 | Canton | 2 |
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 — 1,355 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.