ZIP 19806 recorded 111 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 510 across 2021–2025. Primary county: New Castle County, DE. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
510 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 75 | |
| 2022 | 93 | |
| 2023 | 106 | |
| 2024 | 125 | |
| 2025 | 111 |
Oct peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 19806 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 200 | 39.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 82 | 16.1% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 29 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 29 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 26 | 5.1% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 19806 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 6 | 11.3% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 6 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 6 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 5 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 4 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 3 | 5.7% | |
| 7 | Exterior stairway, ramp, or fire escape | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 19 | 35.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 49.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 24.5% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 3 | 5.7% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 3 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Cigarette | 2 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 1.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 1 | 1.9% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 19806.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wilmington | 504 | |
| 2 | Newport | 1 | |
| 3 | Townsend | 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 — 510 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.