ZIP 21140 recorded 30 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 75 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Anne Arundel County, MD.
75 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 18 | |
| 2025 | 30 |
Feb peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21140 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 21 | 28.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 8 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Carbon monoxide incident | 8 | 10.7% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 6 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 4 | 5.3% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21140 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 3 | 23.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Other | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 8 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 1 | 7.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 4 | 30.8% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 15.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 6 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 7.7% | |
| 7 | Cigarette lighter | 1 | 7.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21140 across 2021–2025. These 7 fires alone account for 154% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $20,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 2 | $10,000 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $5,000 | Fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $2,000 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $2,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $500 | Outside equipment fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $250 | Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21140.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riva | 75 |
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 — 75 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.