ZIP 98801 recorded 100 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,759 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chelan County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,759 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 419 | |
| 2022 | 447 | |
| 2023 | 395 | |
| 2024 | 398 | |
| 2025 | 100 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98801 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 481 | 27.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 176 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 125 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 101 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 90 | 5.1% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98801 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 132 | 21.8% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 108 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 51 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 40 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 33 | 5.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 31 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 29 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 16 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 166 | 27.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 387 | 63.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 30 | 5.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 28 | 4.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 27 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 20 | 3.3% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 18 | 3.0% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 2.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 73 | 12.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98801 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 167% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Outside storage fire | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $227,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $30,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $20,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $20,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $10,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98801.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wenatchee | 1,704 | |
| 2 | East Wenatchee | 3 | |
| 3 | Rock Island | 2 | |
| 4 | Chelan | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kittitas County | WA | 1.00 | FIPS 53037 |
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 — 1,759 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.