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Texas Corners, Michigan

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1982. It stands in Texas Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 49009. The Survey maps it on the Schoolcraft NW quadrangle.

Texas Corners within Kalamazoo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

24 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 24 fires within 5 miles of Texas Corners between 2018 and 2020, burning about 24 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning1
Smoking1
Natural1

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
17 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORTAGE FD 0004039 - 2018
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTEXAS CHARTER TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000733 - 2019
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORTAGE FD 0002972 - 2019
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOMSTOCK TWP FIRE/RESCUE 0001310 - 2019
30 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesPORTAGE FD 0002877 - 2019
1 July 2019Smoking1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesTEXAS CHARTER TOWNSHIP FIRE/RESCUE 0000523 - 2019
9 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesOSHTEMO TOWNSHIP FD 940 - 2020
25 May 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCOOPER TOWNSHIP FD 0000182 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Kalamazoo County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Texas Corners: 1 producer. 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
Bill Smith Kalamazoo County PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Kalamazoo County

Storms near this place

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Texas Corners in 11 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 8 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 tornado. The reports record 12 injuries. 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
May 2024Tornado (EF2)Texas Corners12 hurt, $50,000,000An EF-2 tornado touched down near the intersection of South 10th Street and West R Avenue and traveled east northeast for around 11 miles until it lifted north of East N Avenue just west of 31st street. Many homes, including two mobile home parks, were severely damaged. Over 500 homes were impacted, 305 of which were in Portage. Twenty three of those homes were destroyed. A number of businesses had significant damage. Thousands of trees were either snapped or uprooted. A large section of the roof of an industrial warehouse also collapsed near the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek international airport. Twelve people were injured. There were no fatalities.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindTexas Corners$2,000,000Wind gusts up to 75 mph brought down numerous trees, tree limbs and power lines in Texas township and to the southeast near Schoolcraft and Vicksburg.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindTexas Corners$1,000,000A bow echo raced east across Kalamazoo county during the late morning hours, bringing down numerous trees and power lines. A trained spotter reported a measured wind gust of 71 mph in Schoolcraft. The public report lots of tree damage in and near Portage. Radar data suggests that downed trees were likely countywide.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindTexas Corners$100,000A measured 59 mph wind gust was recorded at the Kalamazoo airport and widespread tree damage was reported across the county.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindTexas Corners$10,000Kalamazoo county officials reported that several trees were blown across Kalamazoo county, but that the tree damage was rather isolated.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindTexas Corners$7,000Several trees were blown down five miles west of Portage, in Schoolcraft and one mile east of Vicksburg.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindTexas Corners$5,000Several small trees and tree limbs were blown down in and near Texas township between Mattawan and Portage.
October 2007Thunderstorm WindTexas Corners$5,000Multiple trees were blown down by wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindTexas Corners-Thunderstorm damage in the vicinity of 5th and PQ avenue.
February 2024HailTexas Corners-A severe thunderstorm produced hail up to an inch in diameter four miles south southeast of Mattawan.
June 2008HailTexas Corners-One and three quarters inch diameter hail was reported near Texas Corners near the intersection of US-131.

Every storm recorded in Kalamazoo 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
Oshtemo4.0 miles18
Oakwood5.2 miles20
Portage5.7 miles15
Schoolcraft6.5 miles15
Doughertys Corners6.7 miles18
Westwood7.6 miles18
Milwood7.6 miles20
Ramona Park7.8 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q122547715The 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 1614693. 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.