ZIP 20770 recorded 137 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 910 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Prince George's County, MD. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
910 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 180 | |
| 2022 | 213 | |
| 2023 | 181 | |
| 2024 | 199 | |
| 2025 | 137 |
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 20770 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 445 | 48.9% | |
| 2 | Fire, other | 64 | 7.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 61 | 6.7% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 44 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 44 | 4.8% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 20770 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 34 | 18.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 12.3% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 15 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Common room, den, family room, living room, lounge | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 56 | 29.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 104 | 55.6% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 8.6% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 15 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 2 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 5.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 20770 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 220% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $100,000 | Fire, other | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 20770.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greenbelt | 901 | |
| 2 | Lanham | 3 | |
| 3 | Bladensburg | 1 | |
| 4 | College Park | 1 | |
| 5 | Hyattsville | 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 — 910 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.