ZIP 79720 recorded 196 fire and hazmat incidents in 2025, 1,418 across 2021–2025. Primary county: Glasscock County, TX. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.
1,418 incidents from 2021 through 2025 inside this ZIP.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 376 | |
| 2022 | 387 | |
| 2023 | 241 | |
| 2024 | 218 | |
| 2025 | 196 |
Apr peaks. Dec dips. Aggregated across all 5 years inside this ZIP.
Top 5 NFIRS incident types for ZIP 79720 across 2021–2025.
| # | Incident type | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire | 197 | 13.9% | |
| 2 | Building fires | 190 | 13.4% | |
| 3 | Grass fire | 140 | 9.9% | |
| 4 | Hazardous condition, other | 87 | 6.1% | |
| 5 | Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) | 84 | 5.9% |
For the 34 building fires reported here in 2025, here's how investigators classified ignition cause.
NFIRS Area of Origin for ZIP 79720 fires across 2021–2025.
| # | Area of origin | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 104 | 17.2% | |
| 2 | Outside area, other | 90 | 14.9% | |
| 3 | Other | 63 | 10.4% | |
| 4 | Engine area, running gear, wheel area | 52 | 8.6% | |
| 5 | Vehicle area, other | 28 | 4.6% | |
| 6 | Open area - outside; included are farmland, field | 27 | 4.5% | |
| 7 | Cooking area, kitchen | 18 | 3.0% | |
| 8 | Structural area, other | 17 | 2.8% | |
| 9 | All other areas | 206 | 34.0% |
NFIRS HEAT_SOURC code — the physical thing that started the fire.
| # | Heat source | Count | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Undetermined | 260 | 43.0% | |
| 2 | Hot or smoldering object, other | 73 | 12.1% | |
| 3 | Arcing | 51 | 8.4% | |
| 4 | Heat from powered equipment, other | 40 | 6.6% | |
| 5 | Heat source: other | 30 | 5.0% | |
| 6 | Hot ember or ash | 24 | 4.0% | |
| 7 | Radiated, conducted heat from operating equipment | 19 | 3.1% | |
| 8 | Spark, ember or flame from operating equipment | 16 | 2.6% | |
| 9 | All other sources | 92 | 15.2% |
Largest single-incident losses in ZIP 79720 across 2021–2025. These 8 fires alone account for 1072% of the ZIP's 2025 reported total.
| # | Property loss | Type | Year | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $15,000,000 | Building fires | 2022 | Catastrophic |
| 2 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 3 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 4 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2021 | Major |
| 5 | $500,000 | Building fires | 2023 | Major |
| 6 | $500,000 | Construction or demolition landfill fire | 2024 | Major |
| 7 | $500,000 | Outside gas or vapor combustion explosion | 2024 | Major |
| 8 | $300,000 | Building fires | 2024 | Major |
Some ZIPs span multiple cities. Ranked by 5-yr NFIRS incidents inside ZIP 79720.
| # | City | 5-yr incidents | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Spring | 1,405 | |
| 2 | Coahoma | 2 | |
| 3 | Sand Springs | 1 |
Some ZIPs span multiple counties. The primary above is the largest by population weight; secondary counties are below.
| County | State | Weight | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howard County | TX | 1.00 | FIPS 48227 |
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 — 1,418 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.