ZIP 76543 recorded 105 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 614 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bell County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
614 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 40 | |
| 2022 | 206 | |
| 2023 | 157 | |
| 2024 | 106 | |
| 2025 | 105 |
Jul peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 76543 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Building fires | 73 | 11.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 50 | 8.1% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 48 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Vehicle accident, general cleanup | 43 | 7.0% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 39 | 6.4% |
For the 18 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 76543 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 35 | 18.6% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 27 | 14.4% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Other | 19 | 10.1% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 12 | 6.4% | |
| 6 | Courtyard, patio, porch, terrace | 8 | 4.3% | |
| 7 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 7 | 3.7% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 5 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 51 | 27.1% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 101 | 53.7% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 9.6% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 12 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 11 | 5.9% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Heat source: other | 10 | 5.3% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 6 | 3.2% | |
| 8 | Cigarette lighter | 4 | 2.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 15 | 8.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 76543 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 301% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 6 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 76543.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Killeen | 584 | |
| 2 | Harker Heights | 18 | |
| 3 | Elsa | 1 | |
| 4 | Kempner | 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 — 614 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.