ZIP 98204 recorded 379 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,972 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Snohomish County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,972 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 424 | |
| 2022 | 579 | |
| 2023 | 353 | |
| 2024 | 237 | |
| 2025 | 379 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98204 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 320 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 194 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 166 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 138 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire | 129 | 6.5% |
For the 47 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98204 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 167 | 28.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 69 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 42 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 38 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Other | 36 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 6.1% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 25 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 24 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 156 | 26.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 413 | 69.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 34 | 5.7% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 29 | 4.9% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 2.7% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 16 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 12 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 10 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 51 | 8.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98204 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 171% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $997,322 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $847,400 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $576,625 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $400,495 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $346,962 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98204.
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 — 1,972 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.