ZIP 22443 recorded 91 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 546 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Westmoreland County, VA.
546 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 77 | |
| 2022 | 101 | |
| 2023 | 111 | |
| 2024 | 166 | |
| 2025 | 91 |
Apr peaks. Mar dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 22443 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 51 | 9.3% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 49 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Hazardous condition, other | 47 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 46 | 8.4% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 39 | 7.1% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 22443 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 43 | 27.6% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 14 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 7.7% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 11 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 10 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Other | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 5.1% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 44 | 28.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 67 | 42.9% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 16 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 16 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Arcing | 9 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 12.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 22443 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 256% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $40,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $25,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 22443.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colonial Beach | 334 | |
| 2 | Oak Grove | 69 |
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 — 546 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.