ZIP 98501 recorded 510 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,026 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Thurston County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
3,026 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 653 | |
| 2022 | 686 | |
| 2023 | 641 | |
| 2024 | 536 | |
| 2025 | 510 |
Jul peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98501 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 729 | 24.1% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 373 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 267 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 229 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 169 | 5.6% |
For the 69 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98501 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 107 | 19.0% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 62 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 40 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 33 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 30 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 25 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Other | 24 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 21 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 220 | 39.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 296 | 52.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 37 | 6.6% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 27 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 24 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 23 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 23 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 15 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 93 | 16.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98501 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 195% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $434,100 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 7 | $412,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 8 | $387,800 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98501.
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 — 3,026 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.