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2025 County Report

Fires in Fannin County, TX

In 2025, fire departments serving Fannin County responded to 228 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $50K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

19,165 residents FIPS 48147 36 cities · 15 fire depts
Total incidents
228
1,597 across 5 years
Building fires
13
63 wildland
Property loss
$137K
$122K structure · $15K 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 47% of all calls.

228
Total Incidents
Grass fire 32 14.0%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 24 10.5%
Power line down 21 9.2%
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 16 7.0%
Passenger vehicle fire 15 6.6%
All other categories 120 52.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Fannin County?

Mar peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 28
Feb 15
Mar 47
Apr 19
May 15
Jun 5
Jul 24
Aug 23
Sep 11
Oct 23
Nov 18
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Fannin County

1,597 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 340
2022 424
2023 304
2024 301
2025 228
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 13 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
52%
27
Cause undetermined
13%
7
Intentional / arson
10%
5
Equipment / heat source failure
10%
5
Under investigation
10%
5
Act of nature (lightning)
5%
3
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $120K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Fannin County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 99% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $50,000 Honey Grove Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
2 $25,000 BONHAM Building fires Significant
3 $15,000 BONHAM Building fires Significant
4 $10,000 Honey Grove Passenger vehicle fire Significant
5 $7,500 Bonham Passenger vehicle fire Significant
6 $5,000 Honey Grove Passenger vehicle fire Significant
7 $2,500 BONHAM Passenger vehicle fire Significant
8 $2,000 Bonham Building fires Significant
9 $1,800 Bonham Building fires Significant
10 $1,500 BONHAM Fire, other Significant
06 How Fannin County compares

Fannin County vs TX vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

11.9
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Fannin County
11.9
TX avg
7.69
US avg
7.15
0.68
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Fannin County
0.68
TX avg
0.7
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Fannin County
0
TX avg
5.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Fannin County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 48147.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Fannin County

15 departments report from this county.

Bonham FD
Bonham
FDID GH502 139 incidents
Honey Grove VFD
Honey Grove
FDID GH402 50 incidents 19 vol
Telephone VFD
Telephone
FDID GH311 21 incidents 35 vol
Randolph VFD
Randolph
FDID GH305 18 incidents
Dodd City VFD
Dodd City
FDID GH303 4 incidents 12 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.