ZIP 98030 recorded 226 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,514 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,514 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 311 | |
| 2022 | 275 | |
| 2023 | 419 | |
| 2024 | 283 | |
| 2025 | 226 |
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98030 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Special outside fire, other | 282 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 113 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 101 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Attempted burning, illegal action, other | 95 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 94 | 6.2% |
For the 28 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98030 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 182 | 36.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 66 | 13.2% | |
| 3 | Other | 39 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 33 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 25 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 14 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 93 | 18.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 379 | 75.8% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 3.0% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 2.8% | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 14 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 2.4% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 11 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 10 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 7.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98030 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 164% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $241,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $185,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $53,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98030.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent | 1,494 | |
| 2 | Renton | 4 | |
| 3 | Auburn | 2 | |
| 4 | Maple Valley | 2 | |
| 5 | Des Moines | 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 — 1,514 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.