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2025 County Report

Fires in Randall County, TX

In 2025, fire departments serving Randall County responded to 194 fire and hazmat incidents. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

18,043 residents FIPS 48381 9 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
194
994 across 5 years
Building fires
10
55 wildland
Property loss
$0
$0 structure · $0 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 58% of all calls.

194
Total Incidents
Grass fire 45 23.2%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 30 15.5%
Carbon monoxide incident 16 8.2%
Power line down 11 5.7%
Building fires 10 5.2%
All other categories 82 42.3%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Randall County?

Nov peaks. Aug dips.

Jan 10
Feb 12
Mar 27
Apr 15
May 24
Jun 20
Jul 10
Aug 9
Sep 9
Oct 18
Nov 28
Dec 12
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Randall County

994 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 194
2022 255
2023 236
2024 115
2025 194
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 10 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
83%
44
Cause undetermined
4%
2
Intentional / arson
8%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
2%
1
Under investigation
2%
1
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
1
06 How Randall County compares

Randall County vs TX vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

10.75
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Randall County
10.75
TX avg
7.69
US avg
7.15
0.55
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Randall County
0.55
TX avg
0.7
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Randall County
0
TX avg
5.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Randall County

9 cities mapped to FIPS 48381.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Randall County

6 departments report from this county.

Randall County FD
Amarillo
FDID TK602 247 incidents 3 paid 50 vol
Canyon FD
Canyon
FDID TK501 180 incidents
Timbercreek Canyon VFD
Amarillo
FDID TK401 7 incidents 6 vol
Lake Tanglewood VFD
—
FDID TK302 4 incidents
Palisades VFD Village of
Amarillo
FDID TK303 0 incidents 10 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.