ZIP 98005 recorded 109 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 501 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
501 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 125 | |
| 2022 | 91 | |
| 2023 | 93 | |
| 2024 | 83 | |
| 2025 | 109 |
Aug peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98005 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 103 | 20.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 43 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 43 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 31 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 30 | 6.0% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98005 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 29 | 23.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Other | 12 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 8.1% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 29 | 23.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 71 | 57.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 5 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 6.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98005 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 313% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $115,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $30,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98005.
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 — 501 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.