ZIP 22901 recorded 184 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,064 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Albemarle County, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,064 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 156 | |
| 2022 | 240 | |
| 2023 | 237 | |
| 2024 | 247 | |
| 2025 | 184 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 22901 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 183 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 68 | 6.4% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 64 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Grass fire | 61 | 5.7% | |
| 5 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 61 | 5.7% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 22901 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 36 | 17.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 15.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 25 | 11.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 6.6% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 3.8% | |
| 7 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 7 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 6 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 60 | 28.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 58 | 27.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 26 | 12.3% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 21 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 17 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 16 | 7.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 6.2% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 12 | 5.7% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 12 | 5.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 36 | 17.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 22901 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1319% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $624,900 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $224,900 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $210,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 22901.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlottesville | 1,055 | |
| 2 | Crozet | 5 | |
| 3 | Earlysville | 3 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Charlottesville city | VA | 1.00 | FIPS 51540 |
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 — 1,064 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.