ZIP 19801 recorded 426 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,965 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,965 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 322 | |
| 2022 | 334 | |
| 2023 | 388 | |
| 2024 | 495 | |
| 2025 | 426 |
Nov peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19801 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 759 | 38.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 235 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 182 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Carbon monoxide incident | 99 | 5.0% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 72 | 3.7% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19801 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 45 | 13.5% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 40 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 34 | 10.2% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 20 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 6.0% | |
| 8 | Other | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 113 | 33.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 200 | 59.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 28 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Cigarette | 18 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 17 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 13 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 8 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 30 | 9.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19801 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 8433% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $3,000 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19801.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmington | 1,938 | |
| 2 | New Castle | 5 | |
| 3 | Aston | 1 | |
| 4 | Bear | 1 | |
| 5 | Greenville | 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 — 1,965 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.