ZIP 98134 recorded 318 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,894 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,894 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 410 | |
| 2022 | 489 | |
| 2023 | 394 | |
| 2024 | 283 | |
| 2025 | 318 |
Aug peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98134 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 487 | 25.7% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 353 | 18.6% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 216 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 112 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 81 | 4.3% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98134 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 90 | 19.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 86 | 18.7% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 51 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 24 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 21 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 18 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 112 | 24.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 235 | 51.2% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 56 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 24 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 17 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 17 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 12 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 65 | 14.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98134 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 169% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $120,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $70,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98134.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle | 1,894 |
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 — 1,894 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.