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2025 County Report

Fires in Titus County, TX

In 2025, fire departments serving Titus County responded to 139 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $1K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

17,274 residents FIPS 48449 10 cities · 10 fire depts
Total incidents
139
819 across 5 years
Building fires
13
39 wildland
Property loss
$2K
$1K structure · $1K contents
Casualties
0 / 0
0 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Forest, woods or wildland fire lead by count. Top five categories make up about 66% of all calls.

139
Total Incidents
Forest, woods or wildland fire 38 27.3%
Power line down 20 14.4%
Building fires 13 9.4%
Authorized controlled burning 12 8.6%
Arcing, shorted electrical equipment 8 5.8%
All other categories 48 34.5%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Titus County?

Jan peaks. Dec dips.

Jan 20
Feb 17
Mar 18
Apr 7
May 7
Jun 9
Jul 11
Aug 13
Sep 17
Oct 10
Nov 10
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Titus County

819 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 146
2022 237
2023 168
2024 129
2025 139
04 Cause of ignition

What sparks building fires?

For the 13 building fires departments responded to in 2025, here's how investigators classified them.

Unintentional
63%
33
Cause undetermined
13%
7
Intentional / arson
2%
1
Equipment / heat source failure
4%
2
Under investigation
4%
2
Act of nature (lightning)
14%
1
05 The biggest fires

3 fires · $1K in losses

Largest single-incident property losses in Titus County during 2025. These 3 fires alone account for 100% of the county's total.

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $1,000 Mount Pleasant Building fires Significant
2 $1 Talco Building fires Significant
3 $1 Talco Building fires Significant
06 How Titus County compares

Titus County vs TX vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

8.05
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Titus County
8.05
TX avg
7.69
US avg
7.15
0.75
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Titus County
0.75
TX avg
0.7
US avg
0.82
0
Civilian fire deaths per million
Titus County
0
TX avg
5.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Titus County

10 cities mapped to FIPS 48449.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Titus County

10 departments report from this county.

Mt Pleasant VFD
Mt Pleasant
FDID WK601 283 incidents
Talco VFD
Talco
FDID WK302 0 incidents 20 vol
Winfield VFD
Mt Pleasant
FDID WK303 0 incidents
TriLakes VFD
PITTSBURG
FDID WK304 0 incidents 9 vol
Sugar Hill VFD
—
FDID WK305 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.