ZIP 22902 recorded 73 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 768 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Albemarle County, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
768 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 141 | |
| 2022 | 163 | |
| 2023 | 168 | |
| 2024 | 223 | |
| 2025 | 73 |
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 22902 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 130 | 16.9% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 69 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 52 | 6.8% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 45 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 42 | 5.5% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 22902 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 34 | 19.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 21 | 11.9% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 16 | 9.1% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 13 | 7.4% | |
| 6 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 8 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 4.5% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 46 | 26.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 64 | 36.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 16 | 9.1% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 15 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 12 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 6.8% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 6 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 37 | 21.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 22902 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2535% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $136,500 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $92,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $78,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $49,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 22902.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlottesville | 753 | |
| 2 | Scottsville | 4 |
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 — 768 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.