In 2025, fire departments serving Maverick County responded to 447 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $235K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Moderate.
Brush, or brush and grass mixture fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 44% of all calls.
Jan peaks. Jul dips.
1,846 incidents from 2021 through 2025.
| Year | Incidents | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 222 | |
| 2022 | 399 | |
| 2023 | 383 | |
| 2024 | 395 | |
| 2025 | 447 |
For the 31 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.
Largest single-incident property losses in Maverick County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 60% of the county's total.
| # | Property loss | City | Type | Severity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $235,372 | Eagle Pass | Building fires | Significant |
| 2 | $193,000 | Eagle Pass | Building fires | Significant |
| 3 | $180,000 | Eagle Pass | Building fires | Significant |
| 4 | $130,000 | MaverickCounty | Building fires | Significant |
| 5 | $125,000 | Eagle Pass | Building fires | Significant |
| 6 | $117,000 | Eagle PassCCD | Building fires | Significant |
| 7 | $100,000 | Eagle Pass | Building fires | Significant |
| 8 | $90,000 | Eagle Pass | Building fires | Significant |
| 9 | $79,000 | MaverickCounty | Building fires | Significant |
| 10 | $60,000 | Eagle Pass | Building fires | Significant |
Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.
12 cities mapped to FIPS 48323.
| City | Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Pass | 28,166 | View › |
| Eidson Road | 9,685 | View › |
| Chula Vista | 4,317 | View › |
| Rosita | 3,717 | View › |
| Elm Creek | 3,559 | View › |
| Siesta Acres | 1,636 | View › |
| Seco Mines | 1,274 | View › |
| Las Quintas Fronterizas | 1,058 | View › |
| Fabrica | 918 | View › |
| Quemado | 91 | View › |
| Radar Base | 74 | View › |
| Normandy | 45 | View › |
1 departments report from this county.
Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).
| # | Name | Year | Agency | Acres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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.