ZIP 98074 recorded 69 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 341 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
341 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 89 | |
| 2022 | 56 | |
| 2023 | 65 | |
| 2024 | 62 | |
| 2025 | 69 |
Aug peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98074 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 53 | 15.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 36 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 32 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 30 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 19 | 5.6% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98074 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 14 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 12 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Other | 7 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 3 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 3 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 25 | 30.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 46.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 9.9% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 7 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 4 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Candle | 3 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 9.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98074 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 6476% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $1,200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $40,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98074.
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 — 341 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.