ZIP 20774 recorded 174 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,066 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Prince George's County, MD. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,066 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 174 | |
| 2022 | 217 | |
| 2023 | 259 | |
| 2024 | 242 | |
| 2025 | 174 |
Mar peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 20774 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 365 | 34.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 79 | 7.4% | |
| 3 | Fire, other | 75 | 7.0% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 73 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 71 | 6.7% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 20774 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 55 | 20.9% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 47 | 17.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 12.2% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 22 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 13 | 4.9% | |
| 6 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Outside area, other | 9 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 68 | 25.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 150 | 57.0% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 22 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 20 | 7.6% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 18 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 14 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 1.9% | |
| 8 | Candle | 3 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 10 | 3.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 20774 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 418% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 20774.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Marlboro | 1,052 | |
| 2 | Bowie | 4 | |
| 3 | Capitol Heights | 2 | |
| 4 | Lanham | 2 | |
| 5 | Suitland | 2 |
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 — 1,066 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.