ZIP 98550 recorded 95 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 707 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Grays Harbor County, WA.
707 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 152 | |
| 2022 | 156 | |
| 2023 | 167 | |
| 2024 | 137 | |
| 2025 | 95 |
Jul peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98550 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 202 | 28.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 168 | 23.8% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 27 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 25 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 25 | 3.5% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98550 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 48 | 19.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 34 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 26 | 10.6% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 15 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Other | 13 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 77 | 31.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 129 | 52.4% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 21 | 8.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 13 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Fireworks | 13 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 28 | 11.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98550 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 209% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $302,659 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $239,488 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $204,102 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $187,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $151,842 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $140,690 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98550.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoquiam | 696 |
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 — 707 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.