Haltom City, TX Fire Regulations: Wildfire Zones (2026)

Unlike Hill Country and Cross Timbers communities to the west, Haltom City is a fully developed urban area within Tarrant County and is not designated as a wildland-urban interface (WUI) under the Texas A&M Forest Service Texas Wildfire Risk Assessment Portal. The city has no formally adopted WUI overlay zone or Firewise defensible-space ordinance tied to a state wildfire map. That said, elevated grass fire risk can appear during extended droughts along the Big Fossil Creek greenbelt, vacant tracts near Denton Highway, and properties backing onto undeveloped parcels in the North Tarrant corridor. The Haltom City Fire Marshal and Tarrant County Fire Marshal issue seasonal burn bans when the Keetch-Byram Drought Index reaches elevated levels, and those bans extend to grilling on balconies of multifamily buildings under IFC Section 308.1.4 unless the unit has ground-level access. Property owners along vegetated corridors should keep at least 30 feet of mowed defensible space around structures, trim tree limbs at least 10 feet off roofs, and clear gutters of leaves and pine needles. New construction must meet the current International Residential Code and local amendments, which include Class A or B roof coverings and ember-resistant venting in certain subdivisions.