ZIP 19805 recorded 646 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 3,712 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
3,712 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 714 | |
| 2022 | 699 | |
| 2023 | 912 | |
| 2024 | 741 | |
| 2025 | 646 |
Nov peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19805 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 990 | 26.7% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 882 | 23.8% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 635 | 17.1% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 140 | 3.8% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 133 | 3.6% |
For the 126 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19805 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 50 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 47 | 16.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 29 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 29 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 18 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 16 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 73 | 25.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 184 | 65.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 8 | 2.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 7 | 2.5% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 6 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 9.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 19805 across 2021–2025. These 4 fires alone account for 35100% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $12,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 2 | $5,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $500 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $50 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19805.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmington | 3,452 | |
| 2 | Elsmere | 20 | |
| 3 | Newport | 2 | |
| 4 | Claymont | 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 — 3,712 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.