ZIP 76801 recorded 248 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,232 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Brown County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
1,232 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 95 | |
| 2022 | 346 | |
| 2023 | 249 | |
| 2024 | 294 | |
| 2025 | 248 |
Jan peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 76801 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 170 | 13.8% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 132 | 10.7% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 124 | 10.1% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 106 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 76 | 6.2% |
For the 22 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 76801 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 52 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 33 | 11.3% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 32 | 10.9% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 25 | 8.5% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 22 | 7.5% | |
| 6 | Other | 14 | 4.8% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 11 | 3.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 92 | 31.4% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 110 | 37.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 30 | 10.2% | |
| 3 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 25 | 8.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 24 | 8.2% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 18 | 6.1% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 17 | 5.8% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 3.8% | |
| 8 | Heat source: other | 10 | 3.4% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 48 | 16.4% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 76801 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 152% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $700,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 3 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 4 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 5 | $175,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 6 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 7 | $130,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 8 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 76801.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brownwood | 980 | |
| 2 | Early | 218 | |
| 3 | Lake Brownwood | 3 | |
| 4 | Palestine | 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 — 1,232 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.