ZIP 98043 recorded 90 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 563 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Snohomish County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
563 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 141 | |
| 2022 | 111 | |
| 2023 | 114 | |
| 2024 | 107 | |
| 2025 | 90 |
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98043 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 67 | 11.9% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 54 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 52 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 52 | 9.2% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 41 | 7.3% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98043 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 40 | 24.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 31 | 19.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 19 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 8 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 7 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 4 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 30 | 18.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 82 | 50.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 19 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 8 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 3.1% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 8.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98043 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 859% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98043.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountlake Terrace | 503 | |
| 2 | Lynnwood | 52 | |
| 3 | Shoreline | 3 | |
| 4 | Edmonds | 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 — 563 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.