ZIP 23225 recorded 547 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,982 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chesterfield County, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,982 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 209 | |
| 2022 | 89 | |
| 2023 | 587 | |
| 2024 | 550 | |
| 2025 | 547 |
Aug peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23225 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 570 | 28.8% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 278 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 119 | 6.0% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 104 | 5.2% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 96 | 4.8% |
For the 40 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23225 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 67 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 67 | 17.3% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 38 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 32 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 32 | 8.2% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 25 | 6.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 8 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 104 | 26.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 199 | 51.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 35 | 9.0% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 25 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 14 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 11 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Cigarette | 6 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 49 | 12.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23225 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 319% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,102,140 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $169,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23225.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond | 1,973 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richmond city | VA | 1.00 | FIPS 51760 |
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 — 1,982 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.