ZIP 78342 recorded 1 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 37 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Jim Wells County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
37 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 22 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Feb peaks. Jul dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 78342 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 16 | 43.2% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 8 | 21.6% | |
| 3 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 4 | 10.8% | |
| 4 | Passenger vehicle fire | 3 | 8.1% | |
| 5 | Fire, other | 1 | 2.7% |
For the 0 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 78342 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 16 | 76.2% | |
| 2 | Other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 3 | Wall surface: exterior | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Outside area, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 5 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 6 | Wildland, woods | 1 | 4.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 18 | 85.7% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 3 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 1 | 4.8% | |
| 4 | Molten, hot material | 1 | 4.8% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 78342.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Bolt | 34 |
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 — 37 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.