ZIP 19731 recorded 5 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 36 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
36 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19731 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 10 | 27.8% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 6 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 4 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 3 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Authorized controlled burning | 3 | 8.3% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19731 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Equipment or service area, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 16.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 33.3% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 4 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 16.7% | |
| 5 | Undetermined | 1 | 16.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19731 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 100% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $300 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19731.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middletown | 11 | |
| 2 | New Castle | 2 | |
| 3 | Delaware City | 1 | |
| 4 | Newark | 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 — 36 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.