ZIP 22903 recorded 119 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,114 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Albemarle County, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,114 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 174 | |
| 2022 | 276 | |
| 2023 | 251 | |
| 2024 | 294 | |
| 2025 | 119 |
Apr peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 22903 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 179 | 16.1% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 113 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 69 | 6.2% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 66 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 55 | 4.9% |
For the 7 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 22903 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 47 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 43 | 18.5% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 20 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Undetermined | 20 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 16 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 60 | 25.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 63 | 27.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 34 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 24 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 16 | 6.9% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 14 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 13 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 48 | 20.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 22903 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2880% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $796,416 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $243,800 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 3 | $200,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $58,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $58,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 22903.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlottesville | 1,106 | |
| 2 | Crozet | 1 |
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 — 1,114 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.