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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

Frijole6,016 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Plum1,783 ac
1990 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Big Canyon3,261 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Camp1,303 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Strawhouse1,291 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Margaret#11,062 ac
1989 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Fireworks4,733 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Rocket1,658 ac
1986 · perimeter dated January 21, 2021
Pan Am1,518 ac
1986 · 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.