WildfireTX

Texas Wildfire Hazard Profile

Hazard Data · Model Version 2.5

Overview

West and Central Texas are exposed to wildfire hazard driven by drought, grassland fuels, and high winds. The Texas A&M Forest Service reports increasing wildfire frequency in the WUI zones of the Hill Country and Trans-Pecos regions. The 2024 Smokehouse Creek Fire demonstrated the scale of wildfire risk on the Texas Plains.

In the Historical Record

270

federal disaster declarations (1988–2026)

FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations

4,883

Mapped fire perimeters

NIFC WFIGS Interagency Perimeters

Counted from the records this platform holds. A figure is shown only where the underlying dataset could be read.

County by County in Texas

What federal records show has happened in each county: storms, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims. The counties below have the longest NOAA storm records in Texas.

Tarrant County Potter County Dallas County Harris County Randall County Denton County Bexar County Lubbock County Collin County Nueces County Tom Green County Wichita County

All Texas counties

Notable Historical Events

12024 Smokehouse Creek Fire — 1,050,000+ acres, largest fire in TX history

22011 Bastrop County Complex — 1,673 homes destroyed (FEMA DR-4029)

32006 East Amarillo Complex — 907,000+ acres across TX Panhandle

Hazard Scoring Approach

Calchis computes a Calchis Hazard Score (0–10) for wildfire hazard at any US address. The score is composed of weighted sub-components derived from federal data sources and published research. All score components are transparent and returned in API responses.

These are hazard scores — physical intensity likelihood only. They do not include property exposure or vulnerability data. We never call a hazard score a risk score. See the full methodology for scoring details.

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Enter any Texas address to see location-specific wildfire hazard scoring with full methodology transparency.

Open Live Map — Texas

Data Sources

NIFC Active Fire Datawww.nifc.gov

Texas A&M Forest Servicetfsweb.tamu.edu

NASA FIRMSfirms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov

Texas Hurricane Texas Flood Texas Severe Weather Wildfire Methodology

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This page is a state-level profile. Calchis scores individual addresses, tracks live wildfire events against your own locations, and alerts you when one approaches them.

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Calchis Hazard Score — derived from federal and academic sources listed above. Property exposure data not included. Not a substitute for professional actuarial assessment. Decision-support intelligence — not a primary alerting or dispatch system. Verify against official sources.