ZIP 98168 recorded 239 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,748 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,748 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 453 | |
| 2022 | 374 | |
| 2023 | 404 | |
| 2024 | 278 | |
| 2025 | 239 |
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98168 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 164 | 9.4% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 159 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Attempted burning, illegal action, other | 143 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 139 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 132 | 7.6% |
For the 30 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98168 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 151 | 28.1% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 62 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 61 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 42 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Other | 26 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 26 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 18 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 131 | 24.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 342 | 63.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 34 | 6.3% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 25 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 18 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 18 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 60 | 11.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98168 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 193% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $795,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $630,800 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $628,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $585,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $420,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98168.
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 — 1,748 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.