Official situation reports, containment progress, and county-level threat analysis for Texas.
Air quality data from AirNow.gov (EPA), measured near each fire's location.
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So far, 143 active wildfires have been recorded burning a combined 147,859 acres in Texas, based on official NIFC data.
The largest currently active fire in Texas is the Ross Fire in Palo Pinto County, at 89,989 acres and 100% contained.
Right now, active fires span 82 different counties in Texas: Anderson, Angelina, Archer, Bosque, Briscoe, Brooks, Brown, Burnet, Cass, Clay, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Denton, Dimmit, Eastland, Edwards, Ellis, Fannin, Floyd, Freestone, Gillespie, Gray, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hall, Hamilton, Harrison, Hemphill, Henderson, Hockley, Houston, Howard, Hunt, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Karnes, Kaufman, Kendall, Kenedy, Kimble, King, Lamar, Leon, Limestone, Lipscomb, McLennan, Menard, Milam, Montague, Morris, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Polk, Red River, Roberts, Rockwall, Runnels, Rusk, Sabine, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Shackelford, Shelby, Smith, Starr, Stephens, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wichita, Williamson, Wood. Use the county filter above or the search box to jump straight to your area.
Containment refers to the percentage of a fire's perimeter that firefighters have secured with control lines, not how much of the fire is extinguished. Read more about containment strategy in our glossary.
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There are currently 143 active wildfires reported in Texas, covering a combined 147,859 acres.
The largest currently active wildfire in Texas is the Ross Fire at 89,989 acres, 100% contained.
Active wildfires are currently reported across 82 counties in Texas: Anderson, Angelina, Archer, Bosque, Briscoe, Brooks, Brown, Burnet, Cass, Clay, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Denton, Dimmit, Eastland, Edwards, Ellis, Fannin, Floyd, Freestone, Gillespie, Gray, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hall, Hamilton, Harrison, Hemphill, Henderson, Hockley, Houston, Howard, Hunt, Jasper, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Karnes, Kaufman, Kendall, Kenedy, Kimble, King, Lamar, Leon, Limestone, Lipscomb, McLennan, Menard, Milam, Montague, Morris, Palo Pinto, Panola, Parker, Polk, Red River, Roberts, Rockwall, Runnels, Rusk, Sabine, San Patricio, San Saba, Schleicher, Shackelford, Shelby, Smith, Starr, Stephens, Stonewall, Sutton, Taylor, Tom Green, Travis, Trinity, Upshur, Van Zandt, Wichita, Williamson, Wood.
Use the search box above or the county buttons under "Active Wildfires by County" to filter this page down to a single county. Every incident card also shows which county it's burning in.
Active fire data is pulled from NIFC every 20 minutes. AI-generated situation summaries refresh whenever new official data is reported for a given fire.
All incident data comes from the National Interagency Fire Center's official WFIGS feed. AI summaries are generated strictly from that official data and never invent facts.
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