ZIP 98948 recorded 9 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 773 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Yakima County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
773 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 231 | |
| 2022 | 255 | |
| 2023 | 275 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 9 |
Jul peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 98948 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grass fire | 177 | 22.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 116 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 59 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 53 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 47 | 6.1% |
For the 5 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 98948 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 116 | 23.4% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 108 | 21.8% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 102 | 20.6% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 32 | 6.5% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 19 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Other | 13 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Vehicle area, other | 9 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Wall surface: exterior | 8 | 1.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 88 | 17.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 353 | 71.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 18 | 3.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 17 | 3.4% | |
| 4 | Fireworks | 14 | 2.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 10 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 9 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 1.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 56 | 11.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 98948 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Outside gas or vapor combustion explosion | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $644,125 | Cultivated vegetation, crop fire, other | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $177,600 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 98948.
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 — 773 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.