ZIP 78611 recorded 208 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 687 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Burnet County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.
687 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 152 | |
| 2022 | 123 | |
| 2023 | 98 | |
| 2024 | 106 | |
| 2025 | 208 |
Sep peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 78611 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grass fire | 170 | 24.7% | |
| 2 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 78 | 11.4% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 76 | 11.1% | |
| 4 | Authorized controlled burning | 72 | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Unauthorized burning | 64 | 9.3% |
For the 24 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 78611 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 48 | 43.6% | |
| 2 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 9 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Outside area, other | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 7 | 6.4% | |
| 5 | Wildland, woods | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 8 | Other | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 23 | 20.9% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 71 | 64.5% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 9 | 8.2% | |
| 3 | Heat source: other | 5 | 4.5% | |
| 4 | Hot ember or ash | 4 | 3.6% | |
| 5 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 3 | 2.7% | |
| 6 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 7 | Molten, hot material | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Fireworks | 2 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 12 | 10.9% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 78611 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 385% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 2 | $2,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $1,800,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 5 | $393,659 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
| 7 | $250,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2025 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 78611.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burnet | 631 | |
| 2 | Buchanan Dam | 5 | |
| 3 | Cedar Park | 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 — 687 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.