ZIP 78612 recorded 298 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,375 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Bastrop County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,375 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 180 | |
| 2022 | 327 | |
| 2023 | 284 | |
| 2024 | 286 | |
| 2025 | 298 |
Oct peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 78612 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Unauthorized burning | 490 | 35.6% | |
| 2 | Authorized controlled burning | 223 | 16.2% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 110 | 8.0% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 84 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Passenger vehicle fire | 84 | 6.1% |
For the 14 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 78612 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 189 | 42.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 67 | 15.0% | |
| 3 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 41 | 9.2% | |
| 4 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 33 | 7.4% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 19 | 4.2% | |
| 6 | Cooking area, kitchen | 16 | 3.6% | |
| 7 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 15 | 3.3% | |
| 8 | Wildland, woods | 12 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 56 | 12.5% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 353 | 78.8% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 3.1% | |
| 3 | Hot ember or ash | 11 | 2.5% | |
| 4 | Heat from direct flame, convection currents | 11 | 2.5% | |
| 5 | Heat spread from another fire, other | 10 | 2.2% | |
| 6 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 9 | 2.0% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 8 | 1.8% | |
| 8 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 5 | 1.1% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 27 | 6.0% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 78612 across 2021–2025. These 1 fires alone account for 0% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $10,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 78612.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cedar Creek | 1,353 | |
| 2 | Bastrop | 3 | |
| 3 | Elgin | 3 | |
| 4 | Breckenridge | 2 |
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 — 1,375 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.