ZIP 34748 recorded 130 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,539 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Lake County, FL. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,539 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 364 | |
| 2022 | 322 | |
| 2023 | 378 | |
| 2024 | 345 | |
| 2025 | 130 |
May peaks. Feb dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 34748 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 290 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 214 | 13.9% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 137 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 136 | 8.8% | |
| 5 | Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other | 119 | 7.7% |
For the 15 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 34748 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 101 | 15.0% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 79 | 11.7% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 73 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Cooking area, kitchen | 70 | 10.4% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 57 | 8.4% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 40 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Other | 31 | 4.6% | |
| 8 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 24 | 3.6% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 200 | 29.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 293 | 43.4% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 60 | 8.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 39 | 5.8% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 38 | 5.6% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 36 | 5.3% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 27 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 22 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 22 | 3.3% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 138 | 20.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 34748 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 718% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Aircraft fire | 2021 | Major |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $327,130 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $275,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 7 | $270,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $264,070 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 34748.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leesburg | 1,461 | |
| 2 | Groveland | 13 | |
| 3 | Fruitland Park | 5 | |
| 4 | Tavares | 3 | |
| 5 | Yalaha | 3 |
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 — 1,539 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.