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2025 County Report

Fires in Texas County, OK

In 2025, fire departments serving Texas County responded to 96 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $250K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as Very High.

18,358 residents FIPS 40139 21 cities · 11 fire depts
Total incidents
96
383 across 5 years
Building fires
9
16 wildland
Property loss
$1.6M
$1.5M structure · $30K 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 48% of all calls.

96
Total Incidents
Grass fire 14 14.6%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 10 10.4%
Building fires 9 9.4%
Dumpster or other outside trash receptacle fire 8 8.3%
Passenger vehicle fire 5 5.2%
All other categories 50 52.1%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Texas County?

Jul peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 4
Feb 8
Mar 13
Apr 12
May 6
Jun 4
Jul 18
Aug 10
Sep 7
Oct 6
Nov 5
Dec 3
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Texas County

383 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 2
2022 89
2023 105
2024 91
2025 96
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 9 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
31%
10
Cause undetermined
0%
0
Intentional / arson
12%
4
Equipment / heat source failure
47%
15
Under investigation
6%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
4%
1
05 The biggest fires

10 fires · $1.4M in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Texas County during 2025. These 10 fires alone account for 88% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $250,000 Guymon Cultivated grain or crop fire Major
2 $250,000 Guymon Outside storage fire Major
3 $250,000 Guymon Off-road vehicle or heavy equipment fire Major
4 $100,000 GUYMON Grass fire Significant
5 $100,000 Texhoma Grass fire Significant
6 $100,000 Guymon Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
7 $100,000 Guymon Road freight or transport vehicle fire Significant
8 $75,000 Guymon Building or structure weakened or collapsed Significant
9 $75,000 Goodwell Building fires Significant
10 $54,000 GUYMON Building fires Significant
06 How Texas County compares

Texas County vs OK vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

5.23
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Texas County
5.23
OK avg
10.18
US avg
7.15
0.49
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Texas County
0.49
OK avg
0.91
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Texas County
0
OK avg
6.6
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Texas County

12 cities mapped to FIPS 40139.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Texas County

11 departments report from this county.

Guymon
Guymon
FDID 70002 96 incidents 16 paid 1 vol
Goodwell
Goodwell
FDID 70001 0 incidents 20 vol
Hardesty
Hardesty
FDID 70003 0 incidents 17 vol
Hooker
Hooker
FDID 70004 0 incidents 19 vol
Optima
Optima
FDID 70005 0 incidents 12 vol
09 Historical wildfires

Largest fires recorded in OK

Top 10 fire perimeters by acres burned (state-scoped fallback while we build out per-county polygons).

#NameYearAgencyAcres
1 West 60 2018 BIA 20,304
2 CANDY CREEK 2021 BIA 18,252
3 HWY 123 2023 BIA 17,220
4 RUSH 2024 FWS 12,461
5 NORTH DRUM 2023 BIA 11,486
6 ZINK 2023 BIA 11,286
7 Biggy 2018 BIA 10,360
8 Crater Creek 2015 FWS 9,769
9 ZINK 2024 BIA 8,101
10 JAVINE 2021 BIA 7,448

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.