ZIP 78148 recorded 111 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 640 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bexar County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
640 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 136 | |
| 2022 | 146 | |
| 2023 | 126 | |
| 2024 | 121 | |
| 2025 | 111 |
Feb peaks. Jan dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 78148 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 174 | 27.2% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 76 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 66 | 10.3% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 35 | 5.5% | |
| 5 | Power line down | 29 | 4.5% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 78148 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 29 | 16.2% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 27 | 15.1% | |
| 3 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 11.2% | |
| 4 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 9 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Undetermined | 9 | 5.0% | |
| 7 | Other | 7 | 3.9% | |
| 8 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 3.9% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 59 | 33.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 81 | 45.3% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 15 | 8.4% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 14 | 7.8% | |
| 4 | Heat source: other | 11 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 9 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 7 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 8 | Hot ember or ash | 5 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 34 | 19.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 78148 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 168% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $1,000,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 2 | $200,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
| 3 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 4 | $150,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $110,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $60,000 | Passenger vehicle fire | 2022 | Significant |
| 8 | $50,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 78148.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universal City | 615 | |
| 2 | Live Oak | 9 | |
| 3 | Corpus Christi | 5 | |
| 4 | Schertz | 4 | |
| 5 | Converse | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guadalupe County | TX | 0.50 | FIPS 48187 |
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 — 640 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.