ZIP 98816 recorded 96 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 514 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chelan County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
514 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 133 | |
| 2022 | 84 | |
| 2023 | 83 | |
| 2024 | 118 | |
| 2025 | 96 |
Jul peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98816 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 92 | 17.9% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 66 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 60 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 51 | 9.9% | |
| 5 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 27 | 5.3% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98816 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 35 | 22.4% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 19 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 39 | 25.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 82 | 52.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 7.1% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 9 | 5.8% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 11.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98816 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 713% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $446,108 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $393,774 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $218,820 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $142,622 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $61,496 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98816.
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 — 514 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.