ZIP 98104 recorded 617 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,060 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
3,060 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 552 | |
| 2022 | 684 | |
| 2023 | 680 | |
| 2024 | 527 | |
| 2025 | 617 |
Nov peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98104 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 772 | 25.2% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 520 | 17.0% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 423 | 13.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 305 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 206 | 6.7% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98104 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 102 | 23.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 60 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 6.5% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 28 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 23 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Function area, other | 15 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Exterior, exposed surface | 14 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 151 | 34.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 224 | 50.5% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 33 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 30 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 17 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 16 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 12 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 63 | 14.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98104 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 345% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $189,616 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98104.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle | 3,060 |
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 — 3,060 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.