Texas Large Wildfire History
Since 1986, 89 wildfires of 1,000 acres or more have been mapped in Texas, 1 of them above 100,000 acres. The largest burned 314,377 ac; together they cover about 639,139 ac.
Fires by decade
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Largest in Texas
All mapped large fires
Matagorda5,847 ac
2019 · perimeter dated December 10, 2019
Txbrr-Fy19-Rx-Tmr Christmas Ridge3,700 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 5, 2020
Txbrr-Fy19-Rx-Tmr Alligator Bayou3,539 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 5, 2020
Fort Hood-Fy19-Rx-Ta512,339 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 18, 2020
Fort Hood-Fy19-Rx-Ta462,078 ac
2019 · perimeter dated January 27, 2020
Txarr-Fy19-Rx-Tatton1,995 ac
2019 · perimeter dated August 21, 2020
Txarr-Fy19-Rx-Matagorda G-11,692 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 9, 2020
Txmlr-Fy19-Rx-White Lake1,562 ac
2019 · perimeter dated April 1, 2020
Txbrr-Fy19-Rx-Tmr Middle Bayou1,535 ac
2019 · perimeter dated March 5, 2020
Txarr-Fy19-Rx-Matagorda B-11,468 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 9, 2020
Txbar-Fy19-Rx-West Cook Ranch1,216 ac
2019 · perimeter dated September 28, 2020
Tx Point East Christmas Eve1,181 ac
2019 · perimeter dated December 25, 2019
Txlgr-Fy19-Rx-Laguna Atascosa Unit 3 N1,179 ac
2019 · perimeter dated July 27, 2020
Txbrr-Fy19-Rx-Snb Butterfly1,094 ac
2019 · perimeter dated January 29, 2020
Txlgr-Fy19-Rx-Laguna Unit 11,049 ac
2019 · perimeter dated June 12, 2020
New Year'S Wf3,464 ac
2018 · perimeter dated January 3, 2018
Fort Hood-Fy19-Rx-Lf92/931,829 ac
2018 · perimeter dated December 22, 2020
Txlgr-Fy19-Rx-Bahia Grande Units 4 & 51,656 ac
2018 · perimeter dated December 19, 2020
Fort Hood-Fy19-Rx-Ta531,487 ac
2018 · perimeter dated December 3, 2020
Txbrr-Fy19-Rx-Brz Bermuda Triangle1,298 ac
2018 · perimeter dated November 26, 2020
Harbor Bay1,291 ac
2018 · perimeter dated June 11, 2018
Escondido Tank1,087 ac
2018 · perimeter dated April 30, 2018
Matagorda Island1,043 ac
2018 · perimeter dated April 27, 2018
Cane14,241 ac
2017 · perimeter dated December 21, 2017
Unit 12 Afternoon Fire1,624 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 10, 2017
Txmcr-Fy17 White'S Easement1,257 ac
2017 · perimeter dated August 22, 2017
Wf Middleton1,202 ac
2017 · perimeter dated July 9, 2017
Wf Morning Fire1,030 ac
2017 · perimeter dated June 28, 2017
Coyote14,469 ac
2016 · perimeter dated May 27, 2016
Wf Unit 3 20163,823 ac
2016 · perimeter dated August 3, 2016
Powerline1,792 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Rosita1,677 ac
2016 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
2017 Bremuda Triangle Wf1,209 ac
2016 · perimeter dated November 30, 2016
Wf Unit 1 1/27,658 ac
2015 · perimeter dated September 9, 2015
Wf Texas Point Northeast6,159 ac
2015 · perimeter dated October 9, 2015
Wf West End5,261 ac
2015 · perimeter dated February 17, 2015
Wf Fee Title 20154,345 ac
2015 · perimeter dated August 2, 2015
Wf Unit 7 20143,881 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 17, 2014
Wf Unit 3 20143,788 ac
2014 · perimeter dated June 16, 2014
Wf Unit 9 20142,989 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 16, 2014
Source: National Interagency Fire Center, Interagency Fire Perimeter History. Only fires with a mapped perimeter of 1,000 acres or more appear; the state is inferred from the responsible unit code. A record of past fires is not a forecast. See About the Data.