ZIP 34698 recorded 163 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 936 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Pinellas County, FL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
936 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 149 | |
| 2022 | 168 | |
| 2023 | 162 | |
| 2024 | 294 | |
| 2025 | 163 |
Sep peaks. Aug dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 34698 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 235 | 25.1% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 126 | 13.5% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 97 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 62 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 46 | 4.9% |
For the 29 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 34698 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 20.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 20 | 11.6% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 17 | 9.8% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 13 | 7.5% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 6.9% | |
| 6 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 10 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Vehicle storage area; garage, carport | 10 | 5.8% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 6 | 3.5% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 50 | 28.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 100 | 57.8% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 13 | 7.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 13 | 7.5% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 5 | Cigarette | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 7 | Chemical reaction | 4 | 2.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 3 | 1.7% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 22 | 12.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 34698 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 372% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,225,538 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 3 | $370,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 4 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 6 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $161,777 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 34698.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dunedin | 909 | |
| 2 | Palm Harbor | 14 | |
| 3 | Clearwater | 6 | |
| 4 | Lealman | 1 | |
| 5 | South Pasadena | 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 — 936 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.