ZIP 78940 recorded 13 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 39 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Austin County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
39 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 13 |
Oct peaks. May dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 78940 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grass fire | 10 | 25.6% | |
| 2 | Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire | 5 | 12.8% | |
| 3 | Authorized controlled burning | 5 | 12.8% | |
| 4 | Building fires | 4 | 10.3% | |
| 5 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 4 | 10.3% |
For the 1 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 78940 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Outside area, other | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 2 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 4 | 40.0% | |
| 3 | Function area, other | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 4 | Substructure area or space, crawl space | 1 | 10.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat from other open flame or smoking materials | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 2 | Sunlight | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 3 | Undetermined | 2 | 20.0% | |
| 4 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 5 | Hot ember or ash | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 6 | Lightning | 1 | 10.0% | |
| 7 | Multiple heat sources including multiple ignitions | 1 | 10.0% |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayette County | TX | 1.00 | FIPS 48149 |
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 — 39 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.