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2025 County Report

Fires in Jasper County, TX

In 2025, fire departments serving Jasper County responded to 190 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $60K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

13,577 residents FIPS 48241 18 cities · 10 fire depts
Total incidents
190
814 across 5 years
Building fires
20
67 wildland
Property loss
$83K
$81K structure · $2K contents
Casualties
0 / 1
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 1 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 54% of all calls.

190
Total Incidents
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire 42 22.1%
Building fires 20 10.5%
Fire, other 19 10.0%
Grass fire 12 6.3%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 9 4.7%
All other categories 88 46.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Jasper County?

Oct peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 14
Feb 16
Mar 31
Apr 15
May 9
Jun 7
Jul 14
Aug 8
Sep 12
Oct 42
Nov 17
Dec 5
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Jasper County

814 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 157
2022 139
2023 218
2024 110
2025 190
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 20 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
56%
59
Cause undetermined
19%
20
Intentional / arson
15%
16
Equipment / heat source failure
2%
2
Under investigation
4%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
5
05 The biggest fires

4 fires · $81K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $60,000 Jasper Passenger vehicle fire Significant
2 $10,000 Jasper Building fires Significant
3 $7,000 Jasper Passenger vehicle fire Significant
4 $4,000 Jasper Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other Significant
06 How Jasper County compares

Jasper County vs TX vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

13.99
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Jasper County
13.99
TX avg
7.69
US avg
7.15
1.47
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Jasper County
1.47
TX avg
0.7
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Jasper County
0
TX avg
5.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Jasper County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 48241.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Jasper County

10 departments report from this county.

Jasper FD
Kirbyville
FDID ND503 136 incidents
Angelina River VFD
Jasper
FDID ND406 46 incidents 21 vol
East End VFD
Jasper
FDID ND407 15 incidents 14 vol
Evadale FD
EVADALE
FDID ND302 0 incidents 30 vol
Beech Grove VFD
Jasper
FDID ND305 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.