ZIP 99354 recorded 202 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 937 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Benton County, WA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
937 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 211 | |
| 2022 | 181 | |
| 2023 | 167 | |
| 2024 | 176 | |
| 2025 | 202 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 99354 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prescribed fire | 110 | 11.7% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 106 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 67 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 49 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 44 | 4.7% |
For the 25 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 99354 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 39 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 31 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 16 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 14 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Other | 12 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Vehicle area, other | 12 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 10 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 67 | 31.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 58 | 27.6% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 26 | 12.4% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 16 | 7.6% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 16 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 6.2% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 53 | 25.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 99354 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 238% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $233,700 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $206,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $73,875 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 99354.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richland | 695 |
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 — 937 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.