ZIP 98597 recorded 139 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 768 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Thurston County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
768 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 159 | |
| 2022 | 160 | |
| 2023 | 156 | |
| 2024 | 154 | |
| 2025 | 139 |
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98597 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 194 | 25.3% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 79 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 57 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 51 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 45 | 5.9% |
For the 28 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98597 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 43 | 19.8% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 25 | 11.5% | |
| 4 | Other | 23 | 10.6% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Function area, other | 10 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 62 | 28.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 101 | 46.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 11 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 9 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 8 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 40 | 18.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98597 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 368% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $320,800 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $221,800 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $110,600 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98597.
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 — 768 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.