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Texas, Alabama

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Winfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35554. It stands on Mallards Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glen Allen quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level.

Texas within Marion County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

114 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Texas between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,053 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 44 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism44
Debris and open burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150909-001
7 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1995Debris and open burning6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor11 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burning12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1995Railroad operations and maintenance6.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marion County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Texas: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Beasly PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Glen Allen Materials, Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Glen Allen Materials,Inc. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz
Unnamed QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerQuartz

Every working recorded in Marion County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Texas in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2014Tornado (EF1)Texas-The tornado tracked into southeast Marion County from Fayette County near Little New River, and weakened to winds of 80 mph. The tornado continued to cause sporadic tree damage as it crossed Bankhead Highway near the community of Texas. The tornado made a turn to the north and tracked parallel to New River and crossed U.S. Highway 78 (I-22). The tornado continued to weaken and cause tree damage until it lifted along County Road 30 near County Road 174.

Every storm recorded in Marion County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Glen Allen3.5 miles11
Rock City4.1 miles11
Tucker5.8 miles11
Brookside6.0 miles12
Winfield7.3 miles11
Brilliant7.8 miles11
New Hope8.2 miles11
Gold Mine8.3 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on TexasAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q21196635The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 127780. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.