ZIP 20759 recorded 24 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 95 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Howard County, MD.
95 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 20 | |
| 2024 | 23 | |
| 2025 | 24 |
Jun peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 20759 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 39 | 41.1% | |
| 2 | Carbon monoxide incident | 5 | 5.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 5 | 5.3% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 4 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 4 | 4.2% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 20759 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 2 | 28.6% | |
| 3 | Construction/renovation area | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 1 | 14.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 57.1% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 1 | 14.3% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 20759.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fulton | 93 |
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 — 95 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.