ZIP 98034 recorded 164 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 856 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
856 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 215 | |
| 2022 | 164 | |
| 2023 | 155 | |
| 2024 | 158 | |
| 2025 | 164 |
Jul peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98034 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 128 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 99 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 88 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 56 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 53 | 6.2% |
For the 33 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98034 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 55 | 18.5% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 49 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 35 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 31 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 9.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 19 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 60 | 20.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 169 | 56.9% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 26 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 6.1% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 17 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 13 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 23 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98034 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 243% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $720,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $400,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98034.
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 — 856 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.