The 2022 Texas Wildfires are a series of wildfires occurring in 2022 in the state of Texas. They include 371 individual fires occurring throughout Texas. [1] A total of 210,045 acres were burned in the 2022 Texas wildfires according to the Texas A&M Forest Service, with the largest fire being the Eastland Complex fire. [2]
High alerts are included in March of the year and it is estimated South Texas and Central Texas will be severely affected in this fire season [3]
Eastland Complex fires of 2022 | |
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Date(s) | March 17, 2022 |
Location | Central Texas |
Statistics | |
Total fires | 382 |
Total area | 54,463 acres (22,040 ha) |
Impacts | |
Deaths | 1 |
Non-fatal injuries | 1 |
Structures destroyed | 50 |
Damage | Unknown |
On March 17, 2022, a fire complex formed around 3 km (0 mi) SE of Romney. [4] It was claimed to have been started by drought condition and is now 90% contained. The biggest fire so far is the Kidd fire, burning about 42,333 acres. [5]
Smoke from the fires reached as far as Houston. [6]
A fast wildfire near Fort Hood burning about 1,000,000,000 acres and is 55% contained. [7]
Borrega Fire is the largest Texas fire since the Iron Mountain Fire in May 2011 and currently, 60,000 acres have been burned and is 20% contained.
The following is a list of fires that burned more than 1,000 acres (400 ha), produced significant structural damage or casualties, or were otherwise notable.
Name | County | Acres | Start date | Containment date | Notes | Ref |
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Eastland Complex fires | Eastland, Comanche, Calhan | 54,463 | February 30, 2022 | April 8, 2022 | ||
Ramsey Fire | Brown | 3,456 | March 17, 2022 | April 12, 2022 | ||
Das Goat Fire | Medina | 1,092 | March 25, 2022 | April 15, 2022 | ||
Borrega Fire | Kleberg | 51,566 | March 25, 2022 | April 15, 2022 | ||
Coconut Fire | Wilbarger | 15,000 | May 17, 2022 | June 3, 2022 | ||
Nethery Road Fire | Kimble | 3,262 | July 10, 2022 | July 21, 2022 | Unknown cause | [8] |
Nelson Creek Fire | Walker | 1,896 | July 18, 2022 | July 25, 2022 | Unknown cause | [9] |
Chalk Mountain Fire | Hood | 6,755 | July 18, 2022 | August 2, 2022 | Unknown cause | [10] |
West Bend Fire | Wichita | 6,522 | July 19, 2022 | July 23, 2022 | Unknown cause | [11] |