ZIP 77840 recorded 232 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,348 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Brazos County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
1,348 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 259 | |
| 2022 | 333 | |
| 2023 | 315 | |
| 2024 | 209 | |
| 2025 | 232 |
Oct peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 77840 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 239 | 17.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 119 | 8.8% | |
| 3 | Power line down | 106 | 7.9% | |
| 4 | Cooking fire, confined to container | 89 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Building fires | 88 | 6.5% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 77840 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cooking area, kitchen | 38 | 14.1% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 34 | 12.6% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 23 | 8.6% | |
| 4 | Chute/container - trash, rubbish, waste | 21 | 7.8% | |
| 5 | Bathroom, checkroom, lavatory, locker room | 16 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 5.6% | |
| 7 | Exterior balcony, unenclosed porch | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 8 | Outside area, other | 11 | 4.1% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 100 | 37.2% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 97 | 36.1% | |
| 2 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 31 | 11.5% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 25 | 9.3% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 24 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 15 | 5.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 12 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Cigarette | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 8 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 49 | 18.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 77840 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 396% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $844,877 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $800,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Major |
| 5 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $450,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $441,424 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 8 | $228,650 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 77840.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | College Station | 1,348 |
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 — 1,348 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.