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Do you ever wonder how Texas wildfires get their names? While they seem outlandish, they're typically linked to where the fire started. Names are also chosen by those responding to the fire, including first responders, incident commanders and dispatchers.
So whatever these first responders are feeling or craving that day might trickle into what the wildfire is named.
The Texas A&M Forest Service this week revealed the full list of wildfire names for the 2022 fire season (December 9, 2021 to August 29, 2022). Crews responded to over 1,700 wildfires that burned nearly 600,000 acres. Here's a look at some of the hilarious and wacky names picked to represent wildfires in Texas this year:
- Muddy Mess
- Slip and Slide
- Hit the Ditch
- Circus
- Ghost
- Vacuum
- Field of Dreams
- Singing Yucca
- Hot Cotton
- Big Hippo
- Big Joshua
- Big L
- Big Sniff
- Little Buffalo
- Little Stasney
- Little Thicket
- Lone Star
- Alamo
- DPS
- Beaver Nugget
- TAMU
- Long Horn
- Rice
- Nappin Cowboy
- Barbwire
- Spinning Spurs
- Tumbleweed
- Horseshoe
- Leaning Barn
- Dancing Mule
- Angus
- Sheep
- Apollo
- Space X
- Little Dipper
- Stargazer
- Wandering Rocket
- Cadillac
- Rest Stop
- Road Sign
- Right of Way
- Roadside
- Speedy
- Slowpoke
- Shortcut
- Welcome Home
- Valentine's Day
- Love
- Lucky
- Lonely
- Meanville
- Trouble
- Loveless
- Smashed Taco
- Bacon
- Sausage
- Peanut
- Cashew
- Slim Jim
- Fish Fry
- Marshmallow
- Moonpie
- Buttermilk
- Margarita
- Lemon Lime
- Ram
- Zebra
- Buck
- Bear
- Angry Beaver
- Bobcat
- Prairie Dog
- Wolf
- Quail
- Locust
- Gecko
- Hawk
- Bull Dog
- Dalmatian
- Bassett Bottoms
- Fonzie
- Kid Rock
- Hollywood
- Los Angeles
- Post Oak
- Burnt Pine
- Rolling Pines
- Christmas