ZIP 92688 recorded 39 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 229 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Orange County, CA. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
229 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 53 | |
| 2022 | 51 | |
| 2023 | 46 | |
| 2024 | 40 | |
| 2025 | 39 |
Aug peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 92688 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger vehicle fire | 39 | 17.0% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 28 | 12.2% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 22 | 9.6% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 14 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Special outside fire, other | 9 | 3.9% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 92688 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 28 | 18.8% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 23 | 15.4% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 13 | 8.7% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 11 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Other | 9 | 6.0% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 9 | 6.0% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 8 | Bedroom - < 5 persons; included are jail or prison | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 44 | 29.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 55 | 36.9% | |
| 2 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 16 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 14 | 9.4% | |
| 4 | Cigarette | 8 | 5.4% | |
| 5 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 7 | 4.7% | |
| 7 | Arcing | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 32 | 21.5% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 92688 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 2344% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 7 | $50,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2024 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 92688.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission Viejo | 2 | |
| 2 | Rancho Mission Viejo | 1 | |
| 3 | Santa Margarita | 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 — 229 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.