ZIP 98105 recorded 321 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,068 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,068 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 385 | |
| 2022 | 432 | |
| 2023 | 534 | |
| 2024 | 396 | |
| 2025 | 321 |
Aug peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98105 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 444 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 224 | 10.8% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 192 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 175 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 173 | 8.4% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98105 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 89 | 21.9% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 56 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 33 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 33 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 25 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 22 | 5.4% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 20 | 4.9% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 15 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 113 | 27.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 174 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 47 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 19 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 14 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 14 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 80 | 19.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98105 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 542% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98105.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle | 2,068 |
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 — 2,068 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.