ZIP 21801 recorded 298 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,490 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Wicomico County, MD. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,490 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 298 | |
| 2022 | 324 | |
| 2023 | 261 | |
| 2024 | 309 | |
| 2025 | 298 |
Apr peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21801 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 404 | 27.1% | |
| 2 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 107 | 7.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 98 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 81 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 79 | 5.3% |
For the 68 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21801 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 62 | 20.8% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 32 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 31 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 24 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 3.7% | |
| 6 | Wall surface: exterior | 10 | 3.4% | |
| 7 | Operator/passenger area of transportation equip. | 9 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 8 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 111 | 37.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 105 | 35.2% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 40 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 29 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 26 | 8.7% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 7 | 2.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 49 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 21801 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 395% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $668,048 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $293,444 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $285,981 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $283,812 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $273,826 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $229,025 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21801.
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 — 1,490 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.