The Texas A&M Forest Service maps parts of western and northern Bexar County, including Helotes, Leon Springs, and Camp Bullis edges, as wildland-urban interface with elevated wildfire risk during drought cycles.
Bexar County lies at the eastern edge of the Texas Hill Country and the cedar-oak brush of the Edwards Plateau. The Texas A&M Forest Service Texas Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal flags western Bexar communities including Helotes, Grey Forest, Scenic Oaks, Leon Springs, and the wildland interface around Camp Bullis and Government Canyon State Natural Area as moderate to high wildfire risk, particularly in drought years. There is no countywide defensible-space ordinance, but Bexar County commissioners can enact burn bans under Texas Local Government Code 352.081 when drought indices rise, and those bans are frequent in summer. Communities such as Helotes have participated in Firewise USA programs promoting voluntary 30-foot defensible space, Class A roofing, and ember-resistant venting. The San Antonio Fire Department and Bexar County Fire Marshal respond in wildland interface areas. Homeowners in these zones should clear dry vegetation, maintain driveways wide enough for fire apparatus, and post legible address numbers.
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