ZIP 21626 recorded 12 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 19 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dorchester County, MD. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
19 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 12 |
Jan peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21626 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chimney or flue fire, confined to chimney or flue | 5 | 26.3% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 5 | 26.3% | |
| 3 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 4 | 21.1% | |
| 4 | Fire, other | 2 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 2 | 10.5% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21626 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 50.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 50.0% | |
| 2 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 50.0% |
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 — 19 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.