ZIP 20653 recorded 233 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,378 across 2021–2025. Primary county: St. Mary's County, MD. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,378 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 298 | |
| 2022 | 281 | |
| 2023 | 286 | |
| 2024 | 280 | |
| 2025 | 233 |
Nov peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 20653 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 373 | 27.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 284 | 20.6% | |
| 3 | Aircraft standby | 136 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 56 | 4.1% | |
| 5 | Carbon monoxide incident | 49 | 3.6% |
For the 51 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 20653 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 62 | 21.6% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 62 | 21.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Other | 22 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 18 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 8 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 68 | 23.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 170 | 59.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 5.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 15 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 3.8% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 9 | 3.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 34 | 11.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 20653 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 6860% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $20,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $6,500 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $1,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $1,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 20653.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lexington Park | 1,357 | |
| 2 | Solomons | 3 | |
| 3 | Leonardtown | 2 | |
| 4 | California | 1 | |
| 5 | Lusby | 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 — 1,378 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.