ZIP 23970 recorded 111 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,084 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lunenburg County, VA.
1,084 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 286 | |
| 2022 | 194 | |
| 2023 | 211 | |
| 2024 | 282 | |
| 2025 | 111 |
Feb peaks. Sep dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 23970 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 182 | 16.8% | |
| 2 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 180 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 168 | 15.5% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 98 | 9.0% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 63 | 5.8% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 23970 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 54 | 39.4% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 19 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 9 | 6.6% | |
| 4 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 6 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 8 | Duct: hvac, cable, exhaust, heating, or AC | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 32 | 23.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 27 | 19.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 20 | 14.6% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 20 | 14.6% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 18 | 13.1% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 8.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 8.0% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 8 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 8 | 5.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 14 | 10.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 23970 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1214% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $456,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $213,500 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $175,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 5 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $111,400 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 23970.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Hill | 1,068 | |
| 2 | Bracey | 1 | |
| 3 | Chase City | 1 | |
| 4 | Lawrenceville | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mecklenburg County | VA | 1.00 | FIPS 51117 |
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 — 1,084 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.