ZIP 21720 recorded 3 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 10 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Washington County, MD.
10 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
Jun peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21720 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 3 | 30.0% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 1 | 10.0% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21720 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 1 | 100.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 1 | 100.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21720.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cavetown | 9 | |
| 2 | Smithsburg | 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 — 10 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.