ZIP 33980 recorded 41 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 375 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Charlotte County, FL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
375 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 80 | |
| 2022 | 110 | |
| 2023 | 60 | |
| 2024 | 84 | |
| 2025 | 41 |
Oct peaks. Nov dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 33980 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 53 | 14.1% | |
| 2 | Passenger vehicle fire | 42 | 11.2% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 30 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 29 | 7.7% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 22 | 5.9% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 33980 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 36 | 23.7% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 16.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 13 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 11 | 7.2% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 7.2% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 9 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 37 | 24.3% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 72 | 47.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 16 | 10.5% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 12 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 5 | Lightning | 6 | 3.9% | |
| 6 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 4 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 17.1% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 33980 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 4115% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $473,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 5 | $300,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 6 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $60,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 33980.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Port Charlotte | 374 | |
| 2 | Punta Gorda | 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 — 375 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.