Damage Report · Greater Austin, Texas · September 2026
Austin Fire Damage Report: September 2026
Incidents totaled 281 in September 2026, down 10% from August’s 313 across Greater Austin counties Travis, Williamson, Hays and Bastrop. The 30-day month averaged 9 incidents per day and peaked at 18 on September 22, the busiest day of the month.
At a glance
- 281Damage incidents tracked in September 2026
- ~9/dayAverage daily incident volume
- 226Structure fires
- 18Incidents on September 22, the month's peak day
Incidents by type
Estimated damage severity
Busiest cities
Peak day: September 22 (18 incidents). Counties covered: Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bastrop.
What stood out
- Structure fires totaled 226, and Austin recorded 221 incidents, placing the bulk of restoration work inside the city boundaries.
- Across Greater Austin, 85 incidents carried medium or high damage estimates, creating a prioritized set of larger jobs for crews and insurers.
- Pflugerville recorded 7 incidents and Georgetown logged 6, while Pflugerville, Georgetown, Manor combined for 18 incidents indicating suburban concentrations of work.
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Methodology: incident counts reflect verified fire and water damage incidents surfaced to FirstLeads subscribers in the Greater Austin throughout September 2026, aggregated from FirstLeads' real-time incident monitoring network and frozen as a monthly snapshot at publish time. Damage severity is estimated from emergency response signals at the time of the incident.
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