ZIP 19734 recorded 125 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 602 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
602 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 107 | |
| 2022 | 118 | |
| 2023 | 104 | |
| 2024 | 148 | |
| 2025 | 125 |
Mar peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19734 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 129 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 92 | 15.3% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 53 | 8.8% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 52 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 28 | 4.7% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19734 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 52.3% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 8 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 26 | 16.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 116 | 74.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 7 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 8 | 5.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19734 across 2021–2025. These 3 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $15,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $1,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19734.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Townsend | 539 | |
| 2 | New Castle | 34 | |
| 3 | Middletown | 5 | |
| 4 | Delaware City | 1 | |
| 5 | 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 — 602 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.