ZIP 20772 recorded 157 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,079 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Prince George's County, MD. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,079 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 220 | |
| 2022 | 225 | |
| 2023 | 233 | |
| 2024 | 244 | |
| 2025 | 157 |
Apr peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 20772 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 314 | 29.1% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 90 | 8.3% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 67 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 67 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 61 | 5.7% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 20772 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 88 | 28.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 61 | 20.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 27 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 17 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 14 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Cargo/trunk area - all vehicles | 12 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 69 | 22.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 186 | 61.2% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 23 | 7.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 22 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 16 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 13 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 1.3% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 1.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 6.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 20772 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 208% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Fire, other | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 8 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 20772.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Marlboro | 1,069 | |
| 2 | Hyattsville | 3 | |
| 3 | Baltimore | 1 | |
| 4 | Capitol Heights | 1 | |
| 5 | Croom | 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 — 1,079 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.