ZIP 98372 recorded 185 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 924 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pierce County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
924 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 193 | |
| 2022 | 182 | |
| 2023 | 199 | |
| 2024 | 165 | |
| 2025 | 185 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98372 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 183 | 19.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 116 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 96 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 54 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 47 | 5.1% |
For the 21 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98372 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 64 | 29.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 24 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 20 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Other | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 67 | 30.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 135 | 61.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 5 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 11.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98372 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 827% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $220,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98372.
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 — 924 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.