ZIP 19804 recorded 307 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,720 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,720 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 323 | |
| 2022 | 357 | |
| 2023 | 345 | |
| 2024 | 388 | |
| 2025 | 307 |
Oct peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19804 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 632 | 36.7% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 241 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 86 | 5.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 71 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 64 | 3.7% |
For the 108 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19804 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 56 | 28.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 27 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Other | 12 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 11 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 5.5% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 5.5% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 59 | 29.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 139 | 69.5% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 15 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 18 | 9.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19804 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 312% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $30,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19804.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmington | 1,246 | |
| 2 | Newport | 85 | |
| 3 | New Castle | 4 | |
| 4 | Newark | 2 | |
| 5 | Elsmere | 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 — 1,720 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.