ZIP 23824 recorded 67 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 234 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Dinwiddie County, VA.
234 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 43 | |
| 2022 | 48 | |
| 2023 | 42 | |
| 2024 | 34 | |
| 2025 | 67 |
Feb peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23824 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 50 | 21.4% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 44 | 18.8% | |
| 3 | Passenger vehicle fire | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 4 | Forest, woods or wildland fire | 10 | 4.3% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 9 | 3.8% |
For the 12 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23824 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 17 | 24.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Other | 5 | 7.2% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 4 | 5.8% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 2 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 19 | 27.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 37.7% | |
| 2 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 8 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 7 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 7 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 6 | 8.7% | |
| 6 | Arcing | 5 | 7.2% | |
| 7 | Heat, spark from friction | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 3 | 4.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 4 | 5.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23824 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 356% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $507,236 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Fires in structures other than in a building | 2023 | Significant |
| 3 | $143,918 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $47,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $40,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23824.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackstone | 230 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nottoway County | VA | 1.00 | FIPS 51135 |
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 — 234 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.