ZIP 78343 recorded 12 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 290 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Nueces County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
290 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 62 | |
| 2022 | 155 | |
| 2023 | 40 | |
| 2024 | 21 | |
| 2025 | 12 |
Feb peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 78343 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 64 | 22.1% | |
| 2 | Grass fire | 48 | 16.6% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 38 | 13.1% | |
| 4 | Power line down | 19 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 17 | 5.9% |
For the 4 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 78343 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 52 | 38.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 25 | 18.4% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 15 | 11.0% | |
| 4 | Vehicle area, other | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 6 | Other | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 5 | 3.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 13 | 9.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 92 | 67.6% | |
| 2 | Heat source: other | 8 | 5.9% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 7 | 5.1% | |
| 4 | Heat, spark from friction | 5 | 3.7% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 2.9% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 3 | 2.2% | |
| 7 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 2 | 1.5% | |
| 8 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 1.5% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 13 | 9.6% |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 78343.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bishop | 267 | |
| 2 | Kingsville | 2 | |
| 3 | Alice | 1 | |
| 4 | Corpus Christi | 1 | |
| 5 | Driscoll | 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 — 290 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.