ZIP 98208 recorded 319 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,493 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Snohomish County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,493 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 298 | |
| 2022 | 355 | |
| 2023 | 341 | |
| 2024 | 180 | |
| 2025 | 319 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98208 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 265 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 164 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 122 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 108 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 93 | 6.2% |
For the 27 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98208 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 174 | 33.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 61 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 54 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Other | 32 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 21 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 104 | 19.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 354 | 67.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 31 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 20 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 2.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 11 | 2.1% | |
| 7 | Fireworks | 11 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Arcing | 9 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 62 | 11.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98208 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 523% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $950,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $638,200 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 8 | $424,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98208.
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 — 1,493 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.