ZIP 98922 recorded 243 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,091 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kittitas County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,091 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 239 | |
| 2022 | 208 | |
| 2023 | 231 | |
| 2024 | 170 | |
| 2025 | 243 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98922 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 124 | 11.4% | |
| 2 | Authorized controlled burning | 122 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 121 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 114 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 79 | 7.2% |
For the 23 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98922 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 43 | 12.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 42 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 40 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 40 | 11.6% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 33 | 9.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 22 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 19 | 5.5% | |
| 8 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 5.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 89 | 25.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 124 | 35.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 34 | 9.8% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 22 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 21 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 76 | 22.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98922 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 574% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98922.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cle Elum | 629 | |
| 2 | South Cle Elum | 2 | |
| 3 | Ellensburg | 1 | |
| 4 | Enumclaw | 1 | |
| 5 | Roslyn | 1 |
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 — 1,091 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.