ZIP 98374 recorded 186 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 945 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pierce County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
945 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 184 | |
| 2022 | 178 | |
| 2023 | 220 | |
| 2024 | 177 | |
| 2025 | 186 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98374 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 168 | 17.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 92 | 9.7% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 56 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 52 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Natural vegetation fire, other | 51 | 5.4% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98374 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 68 | 26.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 34 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Other | 21 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Function area, other | 7 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 70 | 27.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 135 | 52.7% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 27 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 23 | 9.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 2.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 4 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 31 | 12.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98374 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 483% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $650,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98374.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Puyallup | 823 | |
| 2 | South Hill | 115 |
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 — 945 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.