ZIP 23324 recorded 41 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 628 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chesapeake city, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
628 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 82 | |
| 2022 | 174 | |
| 2023 | 152 | |
| 2024 | 179 | |
| 2025 | 41 |
Jan peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23324 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 138 | 22.0% | |
| 2 | Power line down | 102 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 65 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 43 | 6.8% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 34 | 5.4% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23324 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 42 | 21.2% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 28 | 14.1% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 26 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 14 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 11 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 55 | 27.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 92 | 46.5% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 22 | 11.1% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 17 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 14 | 7.1% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 10 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 8 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 7 | 3.5% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 2.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 23 | 11.6% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23324 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 874% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $230,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $160,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23324.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chesapeake | 625 | |
| 2 | Richmond | 1 |
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 — 628 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.