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2025 County Report

Fires in Eastland County, TX

In 2025, fire departments serving Eastland County responded to 389 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $30K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

12,237 residents FIPS 48133 20 cities · 8 fire depts
Total incidents
389
1,950 across 5 years
Building fires
53
99 wildland
Property loss
$601K
$78K structure · $524K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Grass fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 64% of all calls.

389
Total Incidents
Grass fire 77 19.8%
Power line down 68 17.5%
Building fires 53 13.6%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 27 6.9%
Unauthorized burning 22 5.7%
All other categories 142 36.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Eastland County?

Mar peaks. Nov dips.

Jan 37
Feb 32
Mar 77
Apr 46
May 33
Jun 19
Jul 17
Aug 35
Sep 40
Oct 23
Nov 13
Dec 17
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Eastland County

1,950 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 328
2022 624
2023 357
2024 252
2025 389
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 53 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
34%
34
Cause undetermined
26%
26
Intentional / arson
14%
14
Equipment / heat source failure
18%
18
Under investigation
3%
3
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
4
05 The biggest fires

9 fires · $78K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Eastland County during 2025. These 9 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $30,000 Cisco Building fires Significant
2 $10,000 Cisco Building fires Significant
3 $10,000 Cisco Passenger vehicle fire Significant
4 $10,000 Cisco Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $8,000 Cisco Passenger vehicle fire Significant
6 $5,000 Cisco Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $2,500 Cisco Mobile property (vehicle) fire, other Significant
8 $1,000 Cisco Building fires Significant
9 $1,000 Cisco Building fires Significant
06 How Eastland County compares

Eastland County vs TX vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

31.79
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Eastland County
31.79
TX avg
7.69
US avg
7.15
4.33
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Eastland County
4.33
TX avg
0.7
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Eastland County
0
TX avg
5.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Eastland County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 48133.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Eastland County

8 departments report from this county.

Eastland VFD
Eastland
FDID DY404 175 incidents
Cisco FD
Cisco
FDID DY502 133 incidents 3 paid 30 vol
Gorman FD
Gorman
FDID DY405 63 incidents
Olden FD
Olden
FDID DY306 42 incidents 8 vol
Ranger FD
ranger
FDID DY407 31 incidents 4 paid 20 vol
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.