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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

Rock House · 2011314,377 acPotter#1Fp (Fain Plant) · 200622,041 acCoyote · 201614,469 acCane · 201714,241 acWf Holiday 1 & 2 · 201214,181 acCutoff · 201010,346 acCutoff · 201010,281 acDaisy · 200510,005 acWf Unit 1 1/2 · 20157,658 acBig Canyon · 19907,433 ac

All mapped large fires

Wf North Roberts/Mueller2,247 ac
2014 · perimeter dated May 3, 2014
Wf Jackson'S Ditch 20142,233 ac
2014 · perimeter dated September 9, 2014
Double Diamond2,202 ac
2014 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Wf Middleton 20141,875 ac
2014 · perimeter dated July 17, 2014
Wf Unit 12 Kickoff4,444 ac
2013 · perimeter dated October 26, 2013
Wf Unit 1 20132,529 ac
2013 · perimeter dated August 26, 2013
2013 Sargent Ranch1,739 ac
2013 · perimeter dated February 19, 2013
Wf Holiday 1 & 214,181 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 4, 2012
Wf Frozen ;Point4,661 ac
2012 · perimeter dated November 7, 2012
Wf Unit 3'S Company4,010 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 13, 2012
Wf Unit 5 Pig Farm Fire1,819 ac
2012 · perimeter dated August 7, 2012
Wf Yellow Rail 20121,355 ac
2012 · perimeter dated June 11, 2012
Chicken1,328 ac
2012 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Unit 6 Strike Fire #11,265 ac
2012 · perimeter dated July 31, 2012
Rock House314,377 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Pipeline Rd Fire7,060 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Wf Texas Point West3,450 ac
2011 · perimeter dated June 30, 2011
Burro Mesa1,937 ac
2011 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Wf Goose Gully1,525 ac
2011 · perimeter dated December 19, 2011
Cutoff10,346 ac
2010 · perimeter dated June 9, 2010
Cutoff10,281 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
1943 Complex Fire1,763 ac
2010 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Turtle7,130 ac
2009 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Polaris4,914 ac
2008 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Potter#1Fp (Fain Plant)22,041 ac
2006 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Daisy10,005 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Dune1,002 ac
2005 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Moore #31,013 ac
1999 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Fritch25,369 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Palo Doro5,026 ac
1998 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Knight2,425 ac
1996 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Marcus7,023 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Estufa3,995 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Westex1,769 ac
1994 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Pine6,263 ac
1993 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Mayday3,463 ac
1993 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Plum1,152 ac
1993 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Gap2,551 ac
1992 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Shakelford6,284 ac
1991 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Big Canyon7,433 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021

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.