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Wildfires in Texas

Large wildfires have burned 10.44 million acres of Texas since 1984, 6th among the states.

  • 10.4Macres burned since 1984
  • 1,365large fires
  • 2011worst year, 2.76M acres
  • 6thamong the states for acres burned
2026
  • Wildfires on record, by year

Over time

Acres burned in Texas per year 1984: 14K 1985: 11K 1986: 18K 1987: 32K 1988: 256K 1989: 86K 1990: 75K 1991: 50K 1992: 27K 1993: 143K 1994: 134K 1995: 29K 1996: 210K 1997: 61K 1998: 123K 1999: 72K 2000: 125K 2001: 86K 2002: 26K 2003: 64K 2004: 25K 2005: 139K 2006: 1.06M 2007: 44K 2008: 883K 2009: 315K 2010: 81K 2011: 2.76M 2.76M 2012: 93K 2013: 18K 2014: 59K 2015: 94K 2016: 130K 2017: 507K 2018: 309K 2019: 95K 2020: 148K 2021: 102K 2022: 451K 2023: 101K 2024: 1.24M 2025: 52K 198419891994199920042009201420192024

The largest fires

Notable events
Smokehouse Creek Fire20241,047,245
East Amarillo Complex2006593,293
Rock House Fire2011299,011
Perryton Fire2017290,085
Big Country Fire1988209,201
Glass Fire2008196,982
Deaton Cole Fire2011167,650
Cooper Mountain Ranch Fire2011157,828
Wildcat Fire2011150,117
Windy Deuce Fire2024145,994
Swenson Fire2011136,718
Pk Complex2011128,450
Frying Pan Ranch Fire2011106,264
Mcdonald Fire200692,781
Dickens County Complex201190,789
Iron Mountain Fire201185,018
Huckabee Fire200884,968
Schwartz Fire201180,814
Mallard Fire201875,512
White Hat Fire201171,832
Lefors East Fire201768,690
Tom Fire201164,840
Burns Ranch Fire200858,363
Borrega Fire202254,552
Ciblo Creek Fire199851,729
Porter Fire200847,619
Crutch Fire201645,056
Highway 322 Fire200844,616
Hughes Ranch Fire200842,376
Kidd Fire202241,923

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Wildfires by county in Texas
Roberts County774,405
Hemphill County590,570
Jeff Davis County516,375
Jefferson County468,936
Hutchinson County310,043
Gray County307,274
Pecos County279,587
Shackelford County277,365
Potter County248,918
Brewster County238,816
Presidio County216,957
Andrews County211,529
Carson County183,916
Wheeler County178,463
Sterling County177,500
Coke County172,949
Crockett County170,669
Lipscomb County156,862
Val Verde County154,974
Palo Pinto County130,784
King County125,428
Stonewall County124,397
Armstrong County120,907
Kleberg County120,516
Dickens County117,124
Tom Green County111,373
Eastland County104,582
Irion County100,923
Hartley County99,390
Cottle County91,267
Oldham County90,209
Throckmorton County87,324
Scurry County84,378
Nolan County84,287
Chambers County81,293
Moore County80,888
Donley County79,750
Aransas County79,646
Brooks County74,890
Dallam County74,323
Kent County73,581
Motley County69,236
Culberson County67,841
Jack County67,670
Stephens County64,939
Collingsworth County62,635
Kenedy County61,570
Fisher County59,726
Ochiltree County58,001
Archer County57,375
Randall County56,778
Terrell County54,274
Montague County53,987
Hidalgo County50,675
Clay County50,032
Coryell County48,341
Foard County48,287
Brazoria County48,122
Callahan County47,027
La Salle County44,470
Martin County43,223
San Saba County41,909
Wilbarger County40,272
Childress County39,940
Bastrop County36,923
Crane County35,710
Garza County35,201
Wichita County34,578
Midland County33,417
Cochran County31,137
Edwards County29,870
Calhoun County28,401
Sutton County26,990
Reagan County26,928
Bailey County25,980
Haskell County25,946
Dimmit County25,687
Crosby County24,828
Cass County24,380
Schleicher County23,643
McCulloch County23,398
Deaf Smith County22,792
Trinity County21,864
Hudspeth County21,342
Howard County21,307
Hockley County20,435
Young County20,414
Mitchell County20,412
Marion County20,137
Ward County19,638
Jim Hogg County19,573
Duval County19,539
Briscoe County19,089
Baylor County18,652
Mason County18,010
Ector County17,162
Brown County16,481
Taylor County16,334
Newton County16,238
Matagorda County15,461
Walker County15,142
Hardeman County14,836
Erath County14,668
Kimble County14,032
Sabine County13,523
Borden County13,362
Wise County13,180
Menard County12,585
Yoakum County12,550
Knox County12,292
Hall County12,179
Lamb County11,812
Runnels County11,359
Starr County11,203
Hardin County11,164
Waller County10,754
Jasper County10,437
Mills County10,291
Red River County9,944
Coleman County9,917
Hood County9,813
Blanco County9,691
Parker County8,919
Webb County8,622
Angelina County8,578
Glasscock County8,152
Kerr County7,981
Nacogdoches County7,944
Montgomery County7,445
Grimes County7,138
Loving County6,991
Reeves County6,934
Terry County6,928
Polk County6,673
Somervell County6,573
Comanche County6,548
El Paso County6,511
Gaines County6,433
Hansford County6,275
Lynn County6,251
Houston County6,121
Maverick County6,104
Colorado County6,058
Cooke County5,792
Cherokee County5,644
Tyler County5,413
Kinney County5,284
Jim Wells County5,172
Concho County5,128
Jones County5,040
Caldwell County4,735
Gregg County4,606
Sherman County4,593
Bosque County4,538
Gillespie County4,497
Leon County4,388
Swisher County4,370
Travis County4,171
Anderson County4,107
Hamilton County3,966
Liberty County3,725
Winkler County3,699
Harrison County3,655
Limestone County3,616
Zapata County3,488
Refugio County3,475
Llano County3,075
Galveston County3,022
Atascosa County2,948
Tarrant County2,932
Upshur County2,863
Bexar County2,696
Nueces County2,691
Burnet County2,690
Goliad County2,689
Johnson County2,433
Delta County2,421
Fayette County2,215
Castro County2,015
Williamson County1,989
Hale County1,678
Victoria County1,672
Rusk County1,594
Harris County1,557
Medina County1,497
Floyd County1,353
San Patricio County1,224
Parmer County1,223
Jackson County1,108
Lampasas County1,067
Orange County965
Grayson County880
Uvalde County818
Bowie County679
Hays County635
Comal County462
Hopkins County436
Smith County275
Bell County156
Real County116