ZIP 98122 recorded 444 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,050 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
2,050 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 344 | |
| 2022 | 394 | |
| 2023 | 405 | |
| 2024 | 463 | |
| 2025 | 444 |
Jul peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98122 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 468 | 22.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 273 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 273 | 13.3% | |
| 4 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 150 | 7.3% | |
| 5 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 127 | 6.2% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98122 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 65 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 37 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 26 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 22 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 16 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 129 | 36.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 151 | 43.1% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 32 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 29 | 8.3% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 25 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 13 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 8 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 56 | 16.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98122 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 103% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $875,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $113,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98122.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle | 2,048 | |
| 2 | Port Orchard | 1 |
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 — 2,050 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.