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 | |
| Date: | March 17, 2022 |
| Location: | Central Texas |
| Cost: | Unknown |
| Total Fires: | 382 |
| Total Area: | 54463acres |
| Buildings: | 50 |
| Fatalities: | 1 |
| Injuries: | 1 |
On March 17, 2022, a fire complex formed around 3round=5NaNround=5 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 < | -- of origin--> | Acres | Start date | Containment date | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastland Complex fires | Eastland, Comanche, Calhan | 54,463 | |||||
| Ramsey Fire | Brown | 3,456 | |||||
| Das Goat Fire | Medina | 1,092 | |||||
| Borrega Fire | Kleberg | 51,566 | |||||
| Coconut Fire | Wilbarger | 15,000 | |||||
| Nethery Road Fire | Kimble | 3,262 | Unknown cause | [8] | |||
| Nelson Creek Fire | Walker | 1,896 | Unknown cause | [9] | |||
| Chalk Mountain Fire | Hood | 6,755 | Unknown cause | [10] | |||
| West Bend Fire | Wichita | 6,522 | Unknown cause | [11] |