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Five wildfires are still raging in the Texas Panhandle as of Wednesday morning, scorching over 580,000 acres. Five fires engulf Panhandle, scorching 580,000 acres with no sign of slowing Skip to ...
Five wildfires are still raging in the Panhandle as of Wednesday morning, scorching over 580,000 acres.
According to the Texas A&M Forest Service, dry conditions and above-normal temperatures resulted in areas of the state facing an increased risk of wildfire. Paired with increased wind speeds ...
The Bastrop County Complex fire was a conflagration that engulfed parts of Bastrop County, Texas, in September and October 2011.The wildfire was the costliest and most destructive wildfire in Texas history and among the costliest in U.S. history, destroying 1,696 structures and causing an estimated $350 million in insured property damage.
The 2024 Texas wildfires were marked by several major fires, including the Smokehouse Creek Fire in the Texas panhandle and part of Oklahoma. The Smokehouse Creek Fire burned an estimated 1,058,482 acres (1,653.878 sq mi; 428,352 ha) in Texas and Oklahoma and was completely contained on March 16, [ 1 ] becoming the second largest fire in US ...
Texas A&M Forest Service (TFS) is an agency chartered by the Texas Legislature to manage the interests of Texas' forests. The Legislature created the service in 1915. It is a part of the Texas A&M University System and is headquartered in College Station, Texas.
In 2021, agriculture accounted for 9% of Texas' gross state product, adding $186.1 billion to the state's economy, according to Texas A&M’s Agrilife Extension report. While numbers on how many ...
The 2011 Texas wildfires were a series of destructive wildfires in Texas that occurred in the 2011 fire season. During 2011 in Texas, around 31,453 fires had burned 4,000,000 acres or 16,190 square kilometres [ 3 ] (about double the previous record), 2,947 homes [ 3 ] (1,939 of which were destroyed over the Labor Day weekend), and over 2,700 ...