ZIP 98946 recorded 36 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 156 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kittitas County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
156 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 38 | |
| 2022 | 20 | |
| 2023 | 32 | |
| 2024 | 30 | |
| 2025 | 36 |
Jul peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98946 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 40 | 25.6% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 18 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 17 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 16 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 13 | 8.3% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98946 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 24.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 13 | 21.3% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 4 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Other | 3 | 4.9% | |
| 7 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 2 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 1 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 9 | 14.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 23 | 37.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 10 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 8.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 4 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 2 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 13.1% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98946.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellensburg | 4 |
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 — 156 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.