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ZIP profile (county fallback)

Fires in ZIP 21930

ZIP 21930 is served primarily by Cecil County, MD — including Elkton. ZIP-level data is sparse — showing the Cecil County aggregate.

ZIP 21930 FIPS 24015 county fallback
Total incidents (2025)
1,432
5,955 across 5 years
Building fires
416
142 wildland
Wildfire risk
25
FEMA NRI · Low
Active fires
0
in Cecil County
02 Seasonality (county-level)

When do fires happen in Cecil County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips. ZIP-level seasonality is sparse — this is the county aggregate.

Jan 141
Feb 162
Mar 224
Apr 149
May 88
Jun 80
Jul 139
Aug 84
Sep 90
Oct 98
Nov 114
Dec 63
03 Top incident types

What kinds of calls lead in Cecil County?

Top 5 NFIRS incident types — county-level breakdown.

#Incident typeCountShare 
1 Building fires 416 29.1%
2 Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 174 12.2%
3 Outside rubbish fire, other 133 9.3%
4 Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 84 5.9%
5 Fire, other 68 4.7%
09 Cities served

Cities mapped to ZIP 21930

8 cities sit in Cecil County. Click for the per-city NFIRS profile.

#CityPopulation2025 incidentsBuilding firesGrade
1 Elkton 15,830 558 178 C-
2 Perryville 4,398 138 50 B-
3 North East 4,061 237 46 C
4 Rising Sun 2,756 141 41 D
5 Charlestown 2,050 9 7 A
6 Cecilton 878 29 9 C+
7 Chesapeake City 801 45 1 C-
8 Port Deposit 587 97 35 C-
11 Current conditions

Right now in 21930

The figures above are historical. For today's air quality, fire-weather warnings, and active fires, go to the official sources.

About ZIP-level data

This ZIP doesn't have enough NFIRS coverage on its own (under 10 reported incidents across 2021–2025) to publish ZIP-level statistics, so we're showing the Cecil County aggregate above. NFIRS reporting is voluntary and many rural ZIPs roll up to broader county totals. The ZIP-to-county mapping uses SimpleMaps' uscities.zips dataset.