ZIP 21829 recorded 3 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 35 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Worcester County, MD. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
35 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 8 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 3 |
May peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 21829 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 6 | 17.1% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 5 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish fire, other | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 4 | 11.4% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 3 | 8.6% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 21829 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 2 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Function area, other | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Wall assembly | 1 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 1 | 20.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 3 | 60.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 2 | 40.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 21829.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snow Hill | 2 |
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 — 35 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.