ZIP 22980 recorded 286 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,676 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Augusta County, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,676 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 239 | |
| 2022 | 426 | |
| 2023 | 360 | |
| 2024 | 365 | |
| 2025 | 286 |
Nov peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 22980 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 254 | 15.2% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 185 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 184 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 129 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 116 | 6.9% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 22980 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 41 | 16.5% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 41 | 16.5% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 28 | 11.3% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 5.2% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 73 | 29.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 126 | 50.8% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 29 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 18 | 7.3% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 11 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 3.2% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 6 | 2.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 38 | 15.3% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 22980 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 731% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 22980.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waynesboro | 1,609 | |
| 2 | Lyndhurst | 6 | |
| 3 | Stuarts Draft | 6 | |
| 4 | Dooms | 3 | |
| 5 | Fishersville | 3 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waynesboro city | VA | 1.00 | FIPS 51820 |
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 — 1,676 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.