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2025 County Report

Fires in Delta County, TX

In 2025, fire departments serving Delta County responded to 98 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $25K property loss.

2,107 residents FIPS 48119 13 cities · 4 fire depts
Total incidents
98
294 across 5 years
Building fires
4
29 wildland
Property loss
$122K
$55K structure · $67K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Power line down lead by count. Top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.

98
Total Incidents
Power line down 21 21.4%
Grass fire 20 20.4%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 10 10.2%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 6 6.1%
Authorized controlled burning 6 6.1%
All other categories 35 35.7%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Delta County?

Mar peaks. Apr dips.

Jan 7
Feb 4
Mar 17
Apr 3
May 5
Jun 8
Jul 10
Aug 11
Sep 6
Oct 11
Nov 5
Dec 11
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Delta County

294 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 45
2022 17
2023 89
2024 45
2025 98
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 4 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
37%
7
Cause undetermined
32%
6
Intentional / arson
11%
2
Equipment / heat source failure
11%
2
Under investigation
5%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
1
05 The biggest fires

4 fires · $55K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Delta County during 2025. These 4 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $25,000 Cooper Building fires Significant
2 $15,000 Delta County Passenger vehicle fire Significant
3 $10,000 Cooper Building fires Significant
4 $5,000 Cooper Passenger vehicle fire Significant
06 How Delta County compares

Delta County vs TX vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

46.51
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Delta County
46.51
TX avg
7.69
US avg
7.15
1.9
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Delta County
1.9
TX avg
0.7
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Delta County
0
TX avg
5.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Delta County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 48119.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Delta County

4 departments report from this county.

Cooper VFD
Cooper
FDID DP402 113 incidents
Klondike VFD
Klondike
FDID DP301 0 incidents 15 vol
East Delta FD
Cooper
FDID DP303 0 incidents
Justin FD
Justin
FDID DP307 0 incidents
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in TX

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 Smokehouse Creek 2024 SF 1,054,154
2 Rock House 2011 NPS 314,377
3 Potter#1FP (Fain Plant) 2006 NPS 22,040
4 Cane 2017 NPS 14,240
5 WF HOLIDAY 1 & 2 2012 FWS 14,181
6 PAIS Front Country S. FY20 RX (ADD-ON) 2020 NPS 13,339
7 Laguna 24 2024 NPS 12,385
8 CUTOFF 2010 NPS 10,280
9 WF Unit 1 1/2 2015 FWS 7,657
10 Big Canyon 1990 NPS 7,432

About this data

County-level NFIRS aggregates for 2025, plus 5-year totals across 2021–2025. NFIRS is voluntary — about 23,000 of roughly 30,000 US fire departments report — so totals are a strong indicator, not a complete census. Wildfire risk score (0–100) and Expected Annual Loss come from FEMA's National Risk Index. Drought class is the most recent USDM classification (D0 = abnormally dry through D4 = exceptional drought). Historical fire perimeters are sourced from the NIFC InterAgency Fire Perimeter History.