ZIP 23109 recorded 37 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 77 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Mathews County, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
77 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 14 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 21 | |
| 2025 | 37 |
Oct peaks. Apr dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23109 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aircraft standby | 17 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 15 | 19.5% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 8 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 6 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Trash or rubbish fire, contained | 3 | 3.9% |
For the 2 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23109 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 3 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Ceiling & floor assembly, crawl space b/t stories | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Corridor, mall | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Dining room, cafeteria bar area, beverage service | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Conduit, pipe, utility, or ventilation shaft | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 2 | 14.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing | 5 | 35.7% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 14.3% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 1 | 7.1% | |
| 8 | Conducted heat from another fire | 1 | 7.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23109 across 2021–2025. These 2 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 2 | $20,000 | Fire in mobile prop. used as a fixed struc., other | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23109.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathews | 73 |
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 — 77 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.