ZIP 98422 recorded 62 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 391 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pierce County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
391 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 79 | |
| 2022 | 83 | |
| 2023 | 80 | |
| 2024 | 87 | |
| 2025 | 62 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98422 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 43 | 11.0% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 37 | 9.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 31 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Special outside fire, other | 28 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 28 | 7.2% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98422 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 44 | 35.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 8 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 8 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Other | 6 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 6 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 5 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 4 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 36 | 28.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 25.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 13 | 10.4% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 9 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Incendiary device | 9 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 7 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 5 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 28.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98422 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 808% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $3,500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $495,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $372,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98422.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tacoma | 378 | |
| 2 | Federal Way | 6 | |
| 3 | Browns Point | 1 | |
| 4 | Lakewood | 1 | |
| 5 | 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 — 391 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.