ZIP 32778 recorded 151 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 782 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lake County, FL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
782 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 166 | |
| 2022 | 180 | |
| 2023 | 134 | |
| 2024 | 151 | |
| 2025 | 151 |
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 32778 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 115 | 14.7% | |
| 2 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 51 | 6.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 41 | 5.2% | |
| 4 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 40 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 39 | 5.0% |
For the 26 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 32778 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 54 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 29 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 24 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 19 | 7.0% | |
| 6 | Other | 16 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Wildland, woods | 13 | 4.8% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 81 | 30.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 125 | 46.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 24 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 5.9% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 13 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 48 | 17.8% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 32778 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 261% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $350,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $84,451 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $60,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 32778.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tavares | 743 | |
| 2 | Leesburg | 4 | |
| 3 | Eustis | 2 | |
| 4 | Mount Dora | 1 |
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 — 782 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.