ZIP 77551 recorded 140 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 705 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Galveston County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
705 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 117 | |
| 2022 | 72 | |
| 2023 | 189 | |
| 2024 | 187 | |
| 2025 | 140 |
Jul peaks. Oct dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 77551 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Power line down | 178 | 25.2% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 123 | 17.4% | |
| 3 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 89 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 68 | 9.6% | |
| 5 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 26 | 3.7% |
For the 19 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 77551 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 25 | 14.4% | |
| 2 | Cooking area, kitchen | 24 | 13.8% | |
| 3 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 12 | 6.9% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 11 | 6.3% | |
| 5 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 11 | 6.3% | |
| 6 | Outside area, other | 11 | 6.3% | |
| 7 | Undetermined | 11 | 6.3% | |
| 8 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 62 | 35.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 52 | 29.9% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 31 | 17.8% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 22 | 12.6% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 21 | 12.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Cigarette lighter | 8 | 4.6% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 7 | 4.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 5 | 2.9% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 19 | 10.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 77551 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 209% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $280,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 3 | $112,600 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 7 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $75,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 77551.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galveston | 705 |
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 — 705 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.