ZIP 98277 recorded 225 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,042 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Island County, WA.
1,042 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 284 | |
| 2022 | 164 | |
| 2023 | 197 | |
| 2024 | 172 | |
| 2025 | 225 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98277 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 120 | 11.5% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 96 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 77 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 71 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 62 | 6.0% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98277 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 67 | 20.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 41 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 38 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Other | 21 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 93 | 27.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 130 | 38.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 25 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 25 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 25 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 17 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Match | 10 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 75 | 22.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98277 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 110% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $689,432 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $439,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $276,120 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $135,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98277.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oak Harbor | 1,039 |
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 — 1,042 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.