ZIP 20740 recorded 92 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 805 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Prince George's County, MD. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
805 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 169 | |
| 2022 | 196 | |
| 2023 | 180 | |
| 2024 | 168 | |
| 2025 | 92 |
Jul peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 20740 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 305 | 37.9% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 55 | 6.8% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 55 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 49 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 44 | 5.5% |
For the 3 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 20740 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 32 | 21.5% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 26 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 15 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 11 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 47 | 31.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 54.4% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 14 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 8 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 6 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 4 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 3 | 2.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 8.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 20740 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 4666% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $550,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $75,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $65,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $50,000 | Fire, other | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $45,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $45,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 20740.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | College Park | 776 | |
| 2 | Greenbelt | 11 | |
| 3 | Beltsville | 10 | |
| 4 | Hyattsville | 5 | |
| 5 | Oxon Hill | 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 — 805 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.