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Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in Texas

The top 25 of 254 Texas counties on GIS Map, ranked by the largest single wildfire recorded in the county since 1992.

#CountyLargest single fire
1Hutchinson County
1,054,153
2Gray County
427,696
3Lipscomb County
318,156
4Jeff Davis County
314,444
5Sterling County
220,000
6Val Verde County
175,000
7Kent County
162,625
8Coke County
158,308
9Moore County
143,302
10Palo Pinto County
126,734
11Stonewall County
122,500
12Pecos County
98,168
13Dickens County
89,200
14Brewster County
87,401
15Armstrong County
75,530
16Dimmit County
67,500
17Andrews County
65,000
18Kleberg County
51,566
19Presidio County
43,241
20Eastland County
42,333
21Irion County
42,110
22Cass County
41,050
23Montague County
41,000
24Motley County
41,000
25Childress County
40,000

Source: USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024). All counties with data are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Counties with the Largest Recorded Wildfire in Texas”, https://gismap.land/rankings/texas/largest-wildfire-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).

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