ZIP 98023 recorded 217 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,069 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,069 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 184 | |
| 2022 | 197 | |
| 2023 | 239 | |
| 2024 | 232 | |
| 2025 | 217 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98023 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 208 | 19.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 140 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 69 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 64 | 6.0% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 62 | 5.8% |
For the 28 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98023 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 61 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 34 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 29 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 19 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 18 | 5.6% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 13 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 100 | 31.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 121 | 37.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 36 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 21 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 20 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 17 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 15 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 59 | 18.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98023 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 302% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $550,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $526,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $440,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $215,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98023.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Federal Way | 1,054 | |
| 2 | Auburn | 7 | |
| 3 | Burien | 1 | |
| 4 | Kent | 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 — 1,069 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.