ZIP 23234 recorded 329 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,708 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chesterfield County, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,708 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 306 | |
| 2022 | 269 | |
| 2023 | 387 | |
| 2024 | 417 | |
| 2025 | 329 |
Sep peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23234 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 345 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Unauthorized burning | 172 | 10.1% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 171 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 167 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 86 | 5.0% |
For the 34 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23234 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 85 | 17.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 76 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 63 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 48 | 9.8% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 28 | 5.7% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 16 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 14 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 147 | 29.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 216 | 43.9% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 68 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 42 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 35 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette lighter | 19 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 18 | 3.7% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 14 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 65 | 13.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23234 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 263% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $257,900 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $180,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 4 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $108,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23234.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond | 1,698 |
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 — 1,708 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.