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Texas, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Texas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30217. The Survey maps it on the Glenn quadrangle.

Texas within Heard County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Texas between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,300 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 24 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
Debris and open burning55
Arson/incendiarism24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural8
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2011Smoking1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HEARD-009
21 September 2003Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HEARD-007
19 September 2003Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2019Arson/incendiarism14 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HEARD001
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Heard County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Texas in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2021: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
March 2021Tornado (EF2)Texas$500,000A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF2 tornado with maximum wind speeds 130 MPH and a maximum path width of 850 yards occurred in Heard County. The tornado formed west of Franklin near Redland Road north of Highway 34 producing minor damage to trees. The tornado traveled east-northeast gradually gaining intensity and producing more widespread damage to trees and power lines along highway 34 west of Franklin. The tornado grew in size and strength as it entered Franklin and crossed the Chattahoochee River with winds around 130 mph and a path width around 850 yards. Damage in Franklin was extensive with several homes heavily damaged or destroyed. Two homes had roofs blown completely off and a large stand of pine trees was completely snapped or uprooted on the north side of Franklin. A large wall and the roof of a large industrial building on Mary Johnson Drive were ripped off. The tornado continued east-northeast from Franklin to the south of Highway 34 snapping and uprooting trees before crossing into Coweta County around 11:54 PM south of Highway 34 between Charlie B Johnson Road and Bob Wilson Road. [3/25/21: Tornado #2, County #1/3, EF-2, Heard, Coweta, Fayette, 2021:007].
March 2020Thunderstorm WindTexas$36,000The Heard County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across southern portions of the county.
June 2017Thunderstorm WindTexas$5,000The Heard County 911 center reported trees blown down across southern Heard County from southeast of Texas to east of Franklin. Locations include near the intersection of Lipham Road and Straylott Road, along Highway 219 near the Troup County line, near the intersection of Franklin Parkway and Old Field Road, and on Minardi Drive near Puckett Drive.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindTexas$2,000The Heard County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the Texas area.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindTexas$1,000Heard county 911 reported trees were blown down near Texas and Franklin.
March 2013HailTexas-The public reported quarter sized hail just southeast of Waresville.
June 1998HailTexas-The public reported half dollar size hail.

Every storm recorded in Heard 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
Waresville2.3 miles11
Adamson2.6 miles11
Viola2.8 miles11
O'Neals Crossroad3.5 miles11
Denver3.6 miles11
Mason3.7 miles10
Kirk3.9 miles11
Ridley4.2 miles11

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 Q22058933The 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 326547. 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.

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.