ZIP 98146 recorded 146 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 700 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
700 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 130 | |
| 2022 | 132 | |
| 2023 | 146 | |
| 2024 | 146 | |
| 2025 | 146 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98146 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 86 | 12.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 67 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 56 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 53 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Attempted burning, illegal action, other | 51 | 7.3% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98146 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 36 | 15.5% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 20 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 14 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 59 | 25.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 130 | 56.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 5.6% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 4.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 5 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 15.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98146 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 223% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $790,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $775,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $564,200 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $558,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $547,100 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $456,500 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $387,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98146.
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 — 700 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.