Tyler sits in the East Texas Piney Woods, where wildfire risk is real during drought but no local defensible-space code or mapped hazard zone applies. Vegetation control runs through nuisance and burn-ban rules.
Unlike California, Texas has no statewide wildfire-hazard-zone map or mandated defensible-space setbacks, and Tyler has not adopted local defensible-space regulations. Wildfire risk in Smith County's pine and hardwood forests climbs during drought, tracked by the Texas A&M Forest Service through the Keetch-Byram Drought Index. The city manages fuel loads indirectly: the 12-inch vegetation and brush-accumulation limits in City Code Sec. 18-20, Fire Marshal oversight of open burning, and Smith County Commissioners Court burn bans when the drought index runs high. Homeowners in wooded areas benefit from clearing brush and keeping firewood and debris away from structures.
There are no wildfire-zone-specific penalties in Tyler. Enforcement flows through the vegetation-nuisance ordinance (Sec. 18-20) and burn-ban violations, a Class C misdemeanor up to $500.
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