City report · Texas, United States
Wichita Falls Air quality today
Air quality in Wichita Falls currently reads AQI 26 (Good): Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Air quality right now
AQI 26
Good
- PM2.5, fine particles (µg/m³)
- 4.3
- tree cover
- 19.6%
- trees in this area
- 61.6K
- more trees needed
- 32.7K
Measured across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Wichita Falls, TX, USA (4.9 sq mi), from a satellite image of Sep 15, 2026. Lower AQI is better: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous.
Wichita Falls · AQI 26 (Good)
Wichita Falls's tree count comes to 61,575 trees across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²), 10 points below the 30% tree-cover level considered healthy for this area, so roughly 32,673 more trees would close the gap.
Air quality detail
Air quality in Wichita Falls today: AQI 26, Good
Main pollutant: PM2.5 · Observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. Values in µg/m³.
Estimate · model corrected with 6 station cities within 115.0 mi (185 km), e.g. Denton and Lewisville
Health signal
Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
PM2.5
4.3
PM10
2.7
NO₂
0.6
O₃
81.0
SO₂
0.3
CO
131.0
- Outdoor exercise
- A good day to be active outside
- Windows
- Open them to air the house
- Mask
- Not needed
- Air purifier
- Not needed
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Wichita Falls's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 5 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 7.
Where Wichita Falls stands: the most polluted cities in the world right now · the cleanest
Tree cover detail
Tree cover in Wichita Falls: Below target
19.6% tree cover against a 30% healthy-neighborhood target, across 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²).
Trees in this area
61,575
Target trees
94,248
More trees needed
32,673
CO₂ if planted / yr
718.8 t
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Wichita Falls lost?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Wichita Falls has lost about 85 acres (34 hectares) of forest (about 64 football fields): 6.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads.
2017: satellite photo from July 2017 of a 5 × 5 km area in the city center.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 85 acres (34 ha)about 64 football fields
- Share of its forest
- 6.6%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 66 acres (27 ha)deforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
The worst year was 2001, when about 29 acres (12 hectares) of forest were lost.
Acres of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 21 acres (9 ha) | 8 acres (3 ha) | 29 acres (12 ha) |
| 2002 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2003 | 9 acres (4 ha) | under 1 ha | 11 acres (5 ha) |
| 2004 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2005 | 8 acres (3 ha) | under 1 ha | 9 acres (4 ha) |
| 2006 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 acres (1 ha) |
| 2007 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 3 acres (1 ha) |
| 2008 | 6 acres (2 ha) | under 1 ha | 8 acres (3 ha) |
| 2009 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2010 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2011 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2012 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2013 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | 2 acres (1 ha) |
| 2014 | 2 acres (1 ha) | under 1 ha | 2 acres (1 ha) |
| 2015 | 2 acres (1 ha) | under 1 ha | 3 acres (1 ha) |
| 2016 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2017 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2018 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2019 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2020 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2021 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2022 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2023 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2024 | under 1 ha | under 1 ha | under 1 ha |
| 2025 | 5 acres (2 ha) | under 1 ha | 6 acres (3 ha) |
What is causing deforestation around Wichita Falls?
- Towns and roadscleared for good40% · 34 acres (14 ha)
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good39% · 33 acres (13 ha)
- Unknown causescause unknown21% · 18 acres (7 ha)
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Forest gained and lost, 2000–2020
- Forest in 2000
- 1,320 acres (535 ha)
- Forest in 2020
- 1,340 acres (542 ha)
- Overall change
- +17 acres (7 ha)more forest than in 2000
Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Wichita Falls stayed about the same size, at about 1,340 acres (542 hectares): new forest grew on about 55 acres (22 hectares), and about 37 acres (15 hectares) were lost.
These 2000 and 2020 maps, from the University of Maryland, count any land with trees taller than 5 m as forest, including plantations and orchards. Forest that was cut or burned and had grown back by 2020 counts in both years, so the loss here is smaller than the yearly figures.
These figures cover everything within 10 km of the city center, a wider area than the report above, because forest is usually lost at a city's edges.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. Forest gained and lost 2000–2020: Potapov et al. 2022, UMD GLAD Global Land Cover and Land Use Change, CC BY 4.0. Images: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data. How it's measured
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Measured cities near Wichita Falls
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- Denton148.1 km
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- Tree cover
- 28%
- Air quality
- 40
- Lewisville169.2 km
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- Tree cover
- 25%
- Air quality
- 67
- Fort Worth171.3 km
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- Tree cover
- 20%
- Air quality
- 53
- Norman174.6 km
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- Tree cover
- 28%
- Air quality
- 48
- Frisco176.5 km
United States
- Tree cover
- 18%
- Air quality
- 57
- Carrollton183.1 km
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- Tree cover
- 23%
- Air quality
- 74
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What is the air quality (AQI) in Wichita Falls right now?
The latest reading for Wichita Falls shows an AQI of 26 (Good), observed Nov 10, 14:00 local time via Open-Meteo / CAMS, corrected with 6 ground-station cities within 185 km, US EPA index. The main pollutant is PM2.5. Air quality is satisfactory for everyone.
Is it safe to exercise outside in Wichita Falls today?
At AQI 26 (Good): a good day to be active outside. Windows: open them to air the house. Masks: not needed. The reading changes through the day, so check again before a long run or ride.
What has the air quality in Wichita Falls been like this week?
Over the last 7 days, the CAMS air-quality model put Wichita Falls's daily AQI at 27 on average, from 5 on Nov 4 to an hourly peak of 63 on Nov 7. No day averaged above 100, the level where the air turns unhealthy for sensitive groups.
How much forest has the area around Wichita Falls lost since 2001?
Since 2001, the area within 10 km of Wichita Falls has lost about 85 acres (34 hectares) of forest (about 64 football fields): 6.6% of the forest it had in 2000. Most of it (78%) was deforestation, forest cleared for good, mainly for towns and roads. Comparing satellite maps from 2000 and 2020, the forest around Wichita Falls stayed about the same size, at about 1,340 acres (542 hectares): new forest grew on about 55 acres (22 hectares), and about 37 acres (15 hectares) were lost.
What is the tree count in Wichita Falls?
Wichita Falls has an estimated 61,575 trees across the 4.9 sq mi (12.57 km²) measured — 19.6% tree cover, 10 percentage points short of the 30% tree-cover target set for this area.
How many more trees does Wichita Falls need?
Wichita Falls needs roughly 32,673 more trees to close a 10-point shortfall against its 30% tree-cover target — about 718.8 t of extra CO₂ absorbed per year once grown.
How are Wichita Falls's air quality and tree cover measured?
Air quality comes from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where one reports nearby, and otherwise, as here, from the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, which may differ from street-level monitors. Tree cover is measured from Sentinel-2 L2A (ESA Copernicus) via Earth Search satellite imagery at 10 m detail across a 1.2 mi (2 km) radius around Wichita Falls; the tree count is an estimate derived from that cover.
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