ZIP 98270 recorded 202 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,175 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Snohomish County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,175 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 240 | |
| 2022 | 270 | |
| 2023 | 284 | |
| 2024 | 179 | |
| 2025 | 202 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98270 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 239 | 20.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 156 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 89 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 79 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 69 | 5.9% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98270 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 25.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 24 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Other | 13 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 11 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 10 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 102 | 32.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 189 | 59.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 15 | 4.7% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 8 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 12.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98270 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 344% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $353,043 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $345,557 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $313,673 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Fire in mobile home used as fixed residence | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $205,256 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98270.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marysville | 1,172 | |
| 2 | Lake Stevens | 3 |
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 — 1,175 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.