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Counties with the Most Wildfires in Texas

The top 25 of 254 Texas counties on GIS Map, ranked by the number of wildfires reported to a federal, state or local agency between 1992 and 2024.

#CountyRecorded wildfires
1Upshur County
4,027
2Rusk County
3,860
3Cherokee County
3,845
4Smith County
3,445
5Jasper County
3,128
6Cass County
2,977
7McLennan County
2,881
8Tarrant County
2,803
9Harrison County
2,637
10Navarro County
2,622
11Hill County
2,621
12Erath County
2,444
13Anderson County
2,408
14Wood County
2,403
15Bowie County
2,279
16Hunt County
2,135
17Bell County
2,105
18Newton County
2,061
19Montgomery County
2,041
20Starr County
2,029
21Palo Pinto County
2,011
22Bastrop County
1,972
23Hidalgo County
1,969
24Grimes County
1,951
25Taylor County
1,921

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 Most Wildfires in Texas”, https://gismap.land/rankings/texas/most-wildfires-counties. Figures from USFS Fire Program Analysis Fire Occurrence Database (1992-2024).

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