ZIP 98001 recorded 383 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,896 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,896 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 332 | |
| 2022 | 369 | |
| 2023 | 459 | |
| 2024 | 353 | |
| 2025 | 383 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98001 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 327 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 225 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 141 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 129 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 115 | 6.1% |
For the 31 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98001 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 86 | 18.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 62 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 61 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 32 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 19 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 19 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 19 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 139 | 29.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 235 | 50.5% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 28 | 6.0% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 24 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 23 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 21 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Fireworks | 17 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 15 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 14 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 88 | 18.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98001 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 119% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,245,860 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $535,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 6 | $474,361 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $402,900 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98001.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auburn | 1,579 | |
| 2 | Algona | 138 | |
| 3 | Federal Way | 129 | |
| 4 | Kent | 27 | |
| 5 | Pacific | 15 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pierce County | WA | 0.50 | FIPS 53053 |
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 — 1,896 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.