ZIP 98338 recorded 232 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,297 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pierce County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,297 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 304 | |
| 2022 | 251 | |
| 2023 | 264 | |
| 2024 | 246 | |
| 2025 | 232 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98338 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 429 | 33.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 119 | 9.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 106 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 93 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 64 | 4.9% |
For the 11 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98338 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 35 | 15.2% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 34 | 14.7% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 19 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 12 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 79 | 34.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat source: other | 67 | 29.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 56 | 24.2% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 9.1% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 12 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Heat from undetermined smoking material | 9 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 6 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 34 | 14.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98338 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 261% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $740,700 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $654,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Fire in portable building, fixed location | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98338.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graham | 1,209 | |
| 2 | Eatonville | 1 | |
| 3 | Puyallup | 1 |
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 — 1,297 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.