ZIP 98373 recorded 136 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 875 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pierce County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
875 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 196 | |
| 2022 | 154 | |
| 2023 | 211 | |
| 2024 | 178 | |
| 2025 | 136 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98373 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 199 | 22.7% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 74 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 54 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 52 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 46 | 5.3% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98373 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 66 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 44 | 18.2% | |
| 3 | Other | 23 | 9.5% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 14 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 54 | 22.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 148 | 61.2% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 17 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 12 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 2.5% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 9.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98373 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1835% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $387,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98373.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puyallup | 778 | |
| 2 | South Hill | 97 |
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 — 875 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.