ZIP 23220 recorded 632 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 2,238 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Richmond city, VA.
2,238 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 307 | |
| 2022 | 25 | |
| 2023 | 673 | |
| 2024 | 601 | |
| 2025 | 632 |
Sep peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23220 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 840 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 427 | 19.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 84 | 3.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 78 | 3.5% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 77 | 3.4% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23220 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 38 | 15.8% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 33 | 13.7% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 20 | 8.3% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 14 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 9 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 85 | 35.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 115 | 47.7% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 16 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 15 | 6.2% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 10 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 8 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 35 | 14.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23220 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 182% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $618,000 | Building or structure weakened or collapsed | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $280,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23220.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond | 2,237 |
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 — 2,238 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.