ZIP 19716 recorded 11 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 54 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
54 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 17 | |
| 2025 | 11 |
Aug peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19716 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 18 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 15 | 27.8% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 4 | 7.4% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 3 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 2 | 3.7% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19716 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Laboratory | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 1 | 16.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 5 | 83.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 16.7% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19716.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newark | 52 |
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 — 54 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.