ZIP 98052 recorded 263 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,392 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,392 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 243 | |
| 2022 | 287 | |
| 2023 | 315 | |
| 2024 | 284 | |
| 2025 | 263 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98052 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 131 | 9.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 130 | 9.3% | |
| 3 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 129 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 121 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 88 | 6.3% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98052 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 43 | 12.6% | |
| 2 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 40 | 11.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 38 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 37 | 10.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 27 | 7.9% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 27 | 7.9% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 10 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 104 | 30.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 172 | 50.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 25 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 23 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 22 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 20 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 49 | 14.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98052 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 226% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,750,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98052.
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 — 1,392 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.