ZIP 78362 recorded 101 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 416 across 2021–2025. Primary county: San Patricio County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
416 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 50 | |
| 2022 | 91 | |
| 2023 | 94 | |
| 2024 | 80 | |
| 2025 | 101 |
Mar peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 78362 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 94 | 22.6% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 43 | 10.3% | |
| 3 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 37 | 8.9% | |
| 4 | Arcing, shorted electrical equipment | 37 | 8.9% | |
| 5 | Grass fire | 27 | 6.5% |
For the 9 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 78362 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 18 | 13.3% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 16 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 14 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 9 | 6.7% | |
| 5 | Other | 8 | 5.9% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 8 | 5.9% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 7 | 5.2% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 7 | 5.2% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 48 | 35.6% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 59 | 43.7% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 16 | 11.9% | |
| 3 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 8.1% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 10 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 7 | 5.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 7 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 4.4% | |
| 8 | Heat, spark from friction | 4 | 3.0% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 16 | 11.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 78362 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 452% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 3 | $250,000 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $181,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 5 | $120,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Significant |
| 7 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $70,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 78362.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingleside | 388 | |
| 2 | Aransas Pass | 17 | |
| 3 | Ingleside on the Bay | 4 | |
| 4 | Alice | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nueces County | TX | 0.50 | FIPS 48355 |
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 — 416 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.