In 2025, fire departments serving Leesburg responded to 40 fire and hazmat incidents . Here's the full picture.
Building fires lead by count. Building fires lead by dollars. Together the top five categories make up about 73% of all calls.
Mar peaks. Jun dips. Watch for the typical fall climb starting in October.
113 incidents 2021–2025. Peak year was 2025.
| Year | Incidents | YoY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021* | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | 23 | — | |
| 2023* | 12 | — | |
| 2024 | 28 | — | |
| 2025 | 40 | +42.9% |
* Well below Leesburg's usual volume. That almost always means one or more departments didn't submit a full year to NFIRS, not that fires dropped, so no year-over-year change is shown for it.
For the 9 building fires Leesburg departments responded to in 2025, here's how they were classified once investigators were finished.
NFIRS Area of Origin (AREA_ORIG) for the 30 building fires investigators classified across 2021–2025. The room or location where ignition occurred — kitchens, bedrooms, exterior, vehicle areas — tells you where to focus prevention.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 23 | 76.7% | |
| 2 | Other | 4 | 13.3% | |
| 3 | Laundry area, wash house (laundry) | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 4 | Storage area, other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Outside area, other | 1 | 3.3% |
NFIRS Heat Source (HEAT_SOURC) — the physical thing that started it. Spark or ember from operating equipment, an open flame, smoking materials, or hot embers from a fireplace are the leading culprits nationwide. Here's the Leesburg mix.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 26 | 86.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 4 | Match | 1 | 3.3% | |
| 5 | Flame/torch used for lighting | 1 | 3.3% |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples. Leesburg sits above the national average for incidents per resident.
Top 25 wildfires (1992+) in the FPA-FOD ignitions database, scaled by acres. 35,636 acres burned in this 50-mile radius. Each dot is a fire — bigger dots burned more land.
| Year | Cause | Acres | Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3,321 | 29.6 mi | |
| 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3,000 | 13.6 mi | |
| 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2,836 | 40.2 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,500 | 34.4 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 2,229 | 50.0 mi | |
| 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 2,083 | 41.9 mi | |
| 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 16.9 mi | |
| 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 | 35.4 mi | |
| 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,636 | 2.4 mi | |
| 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1,448 | 20.7 mi | |
| 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,350 | 29.7 mi | |
| 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,078 | 33.5 mi |
Top 5 ZIP codes by NFIRS incident count across 2021–2025. Each ZIP has its own fire profile — dive in for neighborhood-level context.
Six Alabama cities with population within ±25% of Leesburg. Useful comparison targets — same state, similar size, different fire profile.
1 departments report to NFIRS for incidents in Leesburg.
A 30-minute weekend can cut your home's exposure substantially. These four checklists are a good starting point.
Numbers reflect incidents reported by participating fire departments to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) Public Data Release for calendar year 2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Per-capita comparisons use 2023 ACS population estimates. Wildland fire data complements NFIRS with NIFC and USFS perimeters. Active-fire counts come from a dated NIFC snapshot, not a live feed.