ZIP 23451 recorded 357 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,412 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Virginia Beach city, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,412 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 319 | |
| 2022 | 204 | |
| 2023 | 246 | |
| 2024 | 286 | |
| 2025 | 357 |
Jul peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23451 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 227 | 16.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 197 | 14.0% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 139 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 114 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 87 | 6.2% |
For the 17 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23451 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 36 | 15.1% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 26 | 10.9% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 22 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 18 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 18 | 7.5% | |
| 7 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 15 | 6.3% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 12 | 5.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 74 | 31.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 86 | 36.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 10.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 24 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 24 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 21 | 8.8% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 11 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 10 | 4.2% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 32 | 13.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23451 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 700% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $6,500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $251,295 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $208,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $190,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $170,300 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23451.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia Beach | 98 |
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 — 1,412 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.