ZIP 23860 recorded 68 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,270 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Prince George County, VA.
1,270 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 380 | |
| 2022 | 318 | |
| 2023 | 224 | |
| 2024 | 280 | |
| 2025 | 68 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23860 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 224 | 17.6% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 153 | 12.0% | |
| 3 | Unauthorized burning | 149 | 11.7% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 101 | 8.0% | |
| 5 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 79 | 6.2% |
For the 10 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23860 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 46 | 16.3% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 37 | 13.1% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 27 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 15 | 5.3% | |
| 5 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 14 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 13 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 10 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 109 | 38.7% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 110 | 39.0% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 31 | 11.0% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 27 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 19 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 13 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 11 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 9 | 3.2% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 50 | 17.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23860 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 179% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $272,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Outside equipment fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $170,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $147,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $124,736 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23860.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hopewell | 1,199 | |
| 2 | Prince George | 52 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell city | VA | 1.00 | FIPS 51670 |
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 — 1,270 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.