ZIP 98198 recorded 320 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,554 across 2021–2025. Primary county: King County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,554 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 361 | |
| 2022 | 282 | |
| 2023 | 337 | |
| 2024 | 254 | |
| 2025 | 320 |
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98198 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 195 | 12.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 164 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 131 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 109 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 104 | 6.7% |
For the 31 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98198 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 120 | 25.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 62 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 48 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 43 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 29 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 11 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 117 | 24.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 262 | 55.4% | |
| 2 | Cigarette | 38 | 8.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 18 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 16 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 60 | 12.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98198 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 910% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,785,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $900,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $750,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $532,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $510,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $356,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98198.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Moines | 1,061 | |
| 2 | SeaTac | 425 | |
| 3 | Kent | 46 | |
| 4 | Normandy Park | 4 | |
| 5 | Tukwila | 4 |
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 — 1,554 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.