ZIP 21620 recorded 206 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 864 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Kent County, MD.
864 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 119 | |
| 2022 | 147 | |
| 2023 | 141 | |
| 2024 | 251 | |
| 2025 | 206 |
Jan peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21620 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 306 | 35.4% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 138 | 16.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 45 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 36 | 4.2% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 24 | 2.8% |
For the 63 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21620 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 41 | 20.7% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 23 | 11.6% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 19 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Other | 11 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Storage area, other | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 56 | 28.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 93 | 47.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 10.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 16 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 12 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 23 | 11.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21620 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 303% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $170,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21620.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chestertown | 792 | |
| 2 | Kingstown | 8 | |
| 3 | Rock Hall | 2 | |
| 4 | Church Hill | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen Anne's County | MD | 1.00 | FIPS 24035 |
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 — 864 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.