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2025 County Report

Fires in Uvalde County, TX

In 2025, fire departments serving Uvalde County responded to 72 fire and hazmat incidents — including a single $280K property loss. FEMA NRI rates wildfire risk here as High.

20,079 residents FIPS 48463 10 cities · 6 fire depts
Total incidents
72
317 across 5 years
Building fires
9
8 wildland
Property loss
$1.3M
$315K structure · $1.0M contents
Casualties
2 / 0
2 civ deaths · 0 civ inj · 0 FF inj
01 The mix

What kinds of fires happen here?

Building fires lead by count. Top five categories make up about 44% of all calls.

72
Total Incidents
Building fires 9 12.5%
Gas leak (natural gas or LPG) 8 11.1%
Grass fire 5 6.9%
Outside rubbish fire, other 5 6.9%
Electrical wiring/equipment problem, other 5 6.9%
All other categories 40 55.6%
02 Seasonality

When do fires happen in Uvalde County?

Aug peaks. Jun dips.

Jan 15
Feb 13
Mar 2
Apr 3
May 1
Jun 0
Jul 14
Aug 16
Sep 0
Oct 0
Nov 8
Dec 0
03 Five-year trend

Year over year in Uvalde County

317 incidents from 2021 through 2025.

YearIncidents 
2021 14
2022 92
2023 56
2024 83
2025 72
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
52%
21
Cause undetermined
12%
5
Intentional / arson
8%
3
Equipment / heat source failure
2%
1
Under investigation
25%
10
Act of nature (lightning)
1%
0
05 The biggest fires

3 fires · $315K in losses

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

#Property lossCityTypeSeverity
1 $280,000 Concan Building fires Major
2 $30,000 Concan Building fires Significant
3 $5,000 Concan Fire in motor home, camper, recreational vehicle Significant
06 How Uvalde County compares

Uvalde County vs TX vs the nation

Per-capita rates let us compare apples to apples.

3.59
Incidents per 1,000 residents
Uvalde County
3.59
TX avg
7.69
US avg
7.15
0.45
Building fires per 1,000 residents
Uvalde County
0.45
TX avg
0.7
US avg
0.82
99.6
Civilian fire deaths per million
Uvalde County
99.6
TX avg
5.4
US avg
5.8
07 Cities in this county

Largest cities in Uvalde County

10 cities mapped to FIPS 48463.

08 First responders

Busiest fire departments in Uvalde County

6 departments report from this county.

Uvalde VFD
Uvalde
FDID WW505 62 incidents
Concan VFD
Concan
FDID WW305 12 incidents
Reagan Wells FD
Uvalde
FDID WW102 0 incidents
Knippa ES
Knippa
FDID WW301 0 incidents
Utopia VFD
Utopia
FDID WW304 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.