ZIP 23832 recorded 216 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,100 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Chesterfield County, VA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,100 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 225 | |
| 2022 | 206 | |
| 2023 | 219 | |
| 2024 | 234 | |
| 2025 | 216 |
Nov peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23832 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 165 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 140 | 12.7% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 121 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 95 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Hazardous condition, other | 68 | 6.2% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23832 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 56 | 15.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 50 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 40 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 38 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 25 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 24 | 6.6% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 21 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 12 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 97 | 26.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 131 | 36.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 44 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 29 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 26 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 18 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 14 | 3.9% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 14 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 13 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 74 | 20.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23832 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 121% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $400,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $368,400 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $308,100 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $308,100 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $291,300 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $284,500 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $197,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $197,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23832.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond | 4 |
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 — 1,100 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.