ZIP 98115 recorded 245 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,208 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,208 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 252 | |
| 2022 | 253 | |
| 2023 | 252 | |
| 2024 | 206 | |
| 2025 | 245 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98115 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 185 | 15.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 115 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 104 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 70 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 67 | 5.5% |
For the 13 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98115 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 65 | 23.3% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 26 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 19 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 6.5% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 18 | 6.5% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 15 | 5.4% | |
| 8 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 14 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 77 | 27.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 106 | 38.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 46 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 20 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 10 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 7 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 51 | 18.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98115 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 323% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98115.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle | 1,205 | |
| 2 | Coulee City | 3 |
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 — 1,208 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.