ZIP 78644 recorded 171 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 776 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Caldwell County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
776 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 125 | |
| 2022 | 170 | |
| 2023 | 156 | |
| 2024 | 154 | |
| 2025 | 171 |
Aug peaks. Jun dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 78644 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grass fire | 118 | 15.2% | |
| 2 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 115 | 14.8% | |
| 3 | Building fires | 75 | 9.7% | |
| 4 | Unauthorized burning | 72 | 9.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 58 | 7.5% |
For the 8 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 78644 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 35 | 15.7% | |
| 2 | Undetermined | 34 | 15.2% | |
| 3 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 31 | 13.9% | |
| 4 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 21 | 9.4% | |
| 5 | Cooking area, kitchen | 20 | 9.0% | |
| 6 | Highway, parking lot, street: on or near | 17 | 7.6% | |
| 7 | Wall surface: exterior | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 8 | Vehicle area, other | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 53 | 23.8% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 137 | 61.4% | |
| 2 | Arcing | 14 | 6.3% | |
| 3 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 12 | 5.4% | |
| 4 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 11 | 4.9% | |
| 5 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 8 | 3.6% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 6 | 2.7% | |
| 7 | Heat source: other | 5 | 2.2% | |
| 8 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 4 | 1.8% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 26 | 11.7% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 78644 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1238% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $600,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
| 2 | $250,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Major |
| 3 | $225,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 4 | $160,000 | Road freight or transport vehicle fire | 2021 | Significant |
| 5 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
| 6 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Significant |
| 8 | $80,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Significant |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 78644.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lockhart | 721 | |
| 2 | Mustang Ridge | 3 | |
| 3 | Martindale | 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 — 776 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.