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2025 County Report

Fires in Moore County, TX

In 2025, fire departments serving Moore County responded to 140 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $119K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

20,176 residents FIPS 48341 12 cities · 3 fire depts
Total incidents
140
809 across 5 years
Building fires
11
38 wildland
Property loss
$1.2M
$623K structure · $584K 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.

140
Total Incidents
Grass fire 26 18.6%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 16 11.4%
Building fires 11 7.9%
Outside rubbish, trash or waste fire 7 5.0%
Fire, other 6 4.3%
All other categories 74 52.9%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Moore County?

Jul peaks. Jan dips.

Jan 0
Feb 6
Mar 20
Apr 15
May 9
Jun 11
Jul 28
Aug 18
Sep 10
Oct 16
Nov 6
Dec 1
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Moore County

809 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 174
2022 174
2023 172
2024 149
2025 140
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 11 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
44%
23
Cause undetermined
19%
10
Intentional / arson
8%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
17%
9
Under investigation
8%
4
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
2
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $578K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Moore County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 93% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $119,130 Dumas Building fires Significant
2 $80,000 Dumas Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Significant
3 $80,000 Dumas Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
4 $75,000 Dumas Building fires Significant
5 $72,800 Sunray Building fires Significant
6 $52,000 Dumas Grass fire Significant
7 $32,710 Dumas Building fires Significant
8 $32,136 Cactus Building fires Significant
9 $25,000 Dumas Building fires Significant
10 $9,000 Masterson Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
06 How Moore County compares

Moore County vs TX vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

6.94
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Moore County
6.94
TX avg
7.69
US avg
7.15
0.55
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Moore County
0.55
TX avg
0.7
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Moore County
0
TX avg
5.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Moore County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 48341.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Moore County

3 departments report from this county.

Dumas FD
Dumas
FDID SB502 111 incidents
CACTUS FD
Cactus
FDID SB301 31 incidents
Sunray VFD
Sunray
FDID SB403 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.